AMERICUS – In tonight’s election-day news, Incumbent Greg Kirk is projected to retain his Georgia Senate District 13 seat, having overcome challenger, Rue’Nette Melton by a margin of 42,217-16,332, with seven of nine districts reporting as of this writing.

Incumbent Greg Hancock retains his position as Sumter County Coroner by a margin of 6,824-3,165 over challenger, Scott Aldridge.

Sumter County District One Board of Commissioners, Clay Jones, is projected to win re-election by a margin of 1,294-630 over challenger, Harvey Claiborne. Absentee ballots had not been recorded as of this writing.

In Sumter County, 6,322 individuals voted in opposition of Amendment one (Opportunity School District), while 3,727 individuals voted in favor of the amendment. Absentee ballots had not been recorded as of this writing.

Sumter County voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of Amendment two by a margin of 7,956-1861. Absentee ballots had not been recorded as of this writing.

Sumter County voters voted in favor of Amendment three by a margin of 5,352-3,953. Absentee ballots had not been recorded as of this writing.

Sumter County voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of Amendment four by a margin of 7,523-2,212. Absentee ballots had not been recorded as of this writing.

In Sumter County, voters narrowly favored democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, with 5,070 votes. Republican candidate, Donald Trump, received 5,010 votes in Sumter County.

In the race for the position of Georgia State Representative, democratic candidate, Bill McGowan, is projected to win by a narrow margin as of this writing (9:56, Nov. 8), with 6,444 votes to republican incumbent, Mike Cheokas’ 6,067 votes, with three of four counties reporting results to the Georgia Secretary of State’s website. Among Sumter County voters, McGowan was favored 5,115-3,592.

All results are subject to approval by the Georgia Secretary of State’s office.

Edit: The tallies for presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, were switched in a previous report. The error has been corrected.