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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 2020
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows register entries for Thomas Baker and Judith V. Warner with percentages on advisory questions and a series of garbled phrases about public notices and candidacy. Numbers suggest turnout or counts, but many terms are unreadable or corrupted, yielding unclear context.
Longtime incumbent Mike Hunt won the Republican primary for Aiken County sheriff by a wide margin, taking 73.32 percent of 21 to 1 votes. He will seek a seventh term in the November general election, saying he will continue to confront violent crime and gang activity.
Weeks overwhelmingly captured the Republican primary for the Second Judicial Circuit solicitor seat with 69.17 percent of the vote, 16 786 to 30 83 percent for opponent R Jackson Cooper. Weeks carried Aiken County with over 15 000 votes while Cooper won Barnwell County with 50 11 percent. Weeks remains uncontested in the November general election.
Inside heat and rain slow voting as election problems surface in Georgia while Republican Mace scores a win in South Carolina’s flipped 1st District. Voter issues and turnout concerns mark the day across multiple races.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy signals openness to renaming bases honoring Confederate leaders including Fort Gordon and Fort Benning amid nationwide protests over racial injustice. The move follows Marine Corps actions and rising calls to address symbols linked to division and extremism.
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