BAY MINETTE, Ala. — Baldwin County Probate Judge Adrian Johns was visiting precincts Tuesday afternoon when he predicted a 15 percent turnout for the primary elections because there was no “presidential face” on the ballots.

Johns’ prediction turned out to be close to the mark as about 16,000 of the county’s 104,000 registered voters gave the nod to Fairhope appraiser Teddy Faust for the Baldwin County Revenue Commissioner post and incumbent Randy McKinney for the state Board of Education District 1 seat.

Baldwin County voters also soundly rejected a five-year, 4-mill, local amendment property tax increase to fund a host of transportation improvements throughout the county.

But voters approved a senior property tax appraisal amendment which freezed ad valorem taxes for specified seniors.

Faust defeated Ron Scott in the revenue commissioner race by a 7,173-6,233 margin. McKinney garnered 11,155 votes to Mobilian Paul Christopher’s 2,665 votes to win the board of education slot in final, but unofficial primary returns.

Angie Swiger topped Margaret Childress Long by a 1,586-1,521 margin to take the Baldwin County Board of Education District 5 post.

“It’s been a good campaign, and we both burned ourselves out” Faust said Tuesday, referring to himself and his opponent. He said he and Scott have been “very cordial” during the campaign.

Scott said he and his opponent ran “a good, clean race” and have run into each other “15 or 20 times” on the campaign trail.

Scott said neither of them “spent a ton of money” on their respective campaigns, but enough to “get their names out there.”

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