Elmore County voters turned out to vote for former U.S. President Donald Trump.
On election day voters steadily walked into the polls. Just at the Wetumpka Civic Center polling location where there are 3,702 registered voters, 65.78% or 2,435 voters cast a ballot in Tuesday’s General election. Overall turnout was XXXX% of Elmore County voters.
“Like always we had some deputies at a few of the polling locations helping direct traffic,” Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said. “That was really needed at Mulder Church in the Redland community and in Kent. There was some interest in voting this time.”
In Kent, 1,121 of the 1,614 voters voted in person. At Kowaliga Fire Department 73.22% of the 1,318 registered voters cast ballots. Mulder saw 4,803 of 7,528 voters cast ballots.
In Elmore County Trump received 31,336 votes to Democrat Kamala Harris’ 9,764, in votes tabulated by press time. Trump was predicted to take Alabama.
Incumbent Elmore County District 5 commissioner Desirae Lewis Jackson received 3,024 votes to Jacqueline Long Thomas’ 1,995 votes. It’s a district that covers parts of Millbrook, Holtville and Wetumpka.
Jackson said the campaign for reelection showed how unified Elmore County and the Fifth Commission district has become.
“Four years ago I ran on the promise of unifying our district,” Jackson said. (Tuesday’s) election results show we have done just that. The people of District 5 have shown that what means most to our community are results, not divisive rhetoric. I am humbled by the support our campaign has received from our district and for the outpouring of support from our county.”
In Coosada, Jackson collected 376 votes to Thomas’ 220. In Millbrook, Jackson again bested Thomas 1,617 to 1,068.
At the Wetumpka Civic Center, 1,901 votes were cast for Trump and 486 for Harris.
Voters at Coosada Town Hall were not quite as divided. Voters cast 428 ballots for Trump and 277 for Harris.
Friendship Community Center saw 484 ballots cast for Trump to Harris’ 150.
The Asbury-Kent polling location may have the highest support for Trump in Elmore County. Of the 1,121 ballots cast, 89.53% were for Trump.
Crenshaw Park saw more ballots cast for Harris than Trump. Harris received 284 votes to Trump’s 217 in the small rural unincorporated community.
There will be a new Alabama Supreme Court Justice. Chief Justice Tom Parker is retiring. In Elmore County Republican candidate Sarah Stewart received 31,405 votes to Democrat Greg Griffin’s 9,521.
In the Sixth Congressional District incumbent Gary Palmer (R-Birmingham) bested Democrat Elizabeth Anderson 31,319 - 9,661 in Elmore County. Elmore County was represented by the Second Congressional District and Republican Barry Moore. The change came about as the result of redistricting in the last two years.
