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By LOU HATTER
■appahuuMek New* Staff Writer
In a campaign marked by a late-starting write-in candidacy by incumbent A1 Henry, Ellis Bingham walked away with the supervisor’s seat in Jackson District, easily outpolling Mr. Henry, Ron Frazier and Frank Fishback, according to unofficial results reported to the Registrar’s Office Tuesday night.
The retired Army colonel garnered 172 votes, nearly 40 percent of the 433 ballots cast. Mr. Frazier finished a distant second with 119 votes, or 27 percent. Mr. Fishback finished third with 69 votes and Mr. Henry fourth with 68. The four-man race produced a heavy turnout in Jackson District, where 66.7 percent of the registered voters visited the polls at the Amissville Fire Hall.
In Hampton District, the race went down to the eleventh hour —and well beyond — as anxious candidates Mike Massie and Lee Bird, along with a group of interested poll-watchers, waited at the Courthouse until nearly 1:30 Wednesday morning to learn that Mr. Massie had edged Mr. Bird by 12 votes, 248 to 236.
In a campaign marked by gentility on both sides, in marked contrast to the accusations traded in Jackson District, Mr. Bird and Mr. Massie shook hands before both departed. Mr. Massie declined to comment on the outcome Tuesday night.
Incumbent Stonewall-Hawthome District Supervisor Nelson Lane was challenged by the last minute writein candidacy of Sharon Kilpatrick, who announced less than a month ago. Mr. Lane retained his seat by a margin of256 to 171, polling 54.4 percent of the 471 ballots cast at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church.
Two incumbent supervisors, Charles K. (Pete) Estes in Piedmont and Chairman Hubert Gilkey in Wakefield, faced no opposition. Mr. Estes received 309 votes, while Mr. Gilkey got a total of335 votes in the two Wakefield precincts.
The voter turnout in Rappahannock County was high for an off-year election, with 2,144 (64.25 percent) of the county’s 3,337 registered voters going to the polls. Most election-watchers credited the lottery referendum and the beautiful Indian summer weather Tuesday for increasing the turnout significantly over what might be expected with all the county’s constitutional officers running unopposed.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke received a total of 1,695 votes countywide, while Sheriff John Henry Woodward polled a total of 1,801 ballots. Commissioner of Revenue Beverly Atkins, seeking her first full term, received 1,890 votes. And Treasurer Frances Foster totalled 1,876 votes when the slips were tallied from the county’s six precincts. * - ,
Tuesday evening, unannounced write-in candidate David Konick conceded, saying, “This has been a surprisingly tough, hard-fought campaign, especially considering the fact that all of the constitutional officers were unopposed. I was so bored by the campaign that I decided to throw my hat into the ring at 5:45 this morning.
“I’d like to thank all the people who supported me, especially in my home district. My congratulations to Peter Luke — I hope that he doesn’t ask for a raise halfway through his term like he did last time,” Mr. Konick said.
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