With only 568 ballots cast on the Democratic side in Tuesday’s Primary Elections, all eyes in Baldwin County were on a number of local and state legislature races on the Republican ballot – with 23,586 total votes cast for GOP candidates.

Most of the races had decisive winners, but three races will head into a July runoff.

In State Senate District 22, former state representative Greg Albritton will face Baldwin County native Harry D’Olive Jr. in a runoff for the seat currently held by Democrat Marc Keahey. Due to redistricting, the seat is likely to be picked up by the winner of this runoff.

D’Olive received almost 49 percent of the vote from the precincts in Baldwin County and was thankful for the voter turnout he received.

“I’m grateful to all of the voters here in Baldwin County and across the district and I hope they’ll come back out again to vote in the runoff,” D’Olive said.

Albritton took 16.5 percent of the Baldwin County votes, behind former chaplain Stephen Sexton, who received 19 percent. Management consultant Jeff Peacock garnered almost 11 percent and Tea Party organizer Danny Joyner received less than 5 percent.

Current Baldwin County Commissioner Bob James will face a runoff from businessman Chris Elliott for his District 2 seat. James earned 142 votes more than Elliot (9,238 to Elliott’s 9,096), with challenger Cody Phillips netting 3,070 votes. The race promises to be one to watch and both candidates are expected to campaign hard for the seat.

There will also be a runoff in the Central Baldwin County precincts for the District 3 Baldwin County Board of Education Seat. Two-term board member Elmer McDaniel received around 47 percent of the vote, forcing him into a runoff with retired teacher Tony Myrick, who got almost 29 percent of the vote. Challenger Kevin Newton failed to make the runoff, getting 24 percent.

Incumbent State Representative Harry Shiver beat back a challenge from Tea Party-backed candidate James Hall, getting 59 percent over Hall’s 41 percent.

District 3 County Commissioner Tucker Dorsey defeated challenger Will McDaniel by a 9 percent margin and current Commission Chairman Charles “Skip” Gruber coasted to reelection over Brock Wells by a 13 percent margin.

Baldwin County residents returned Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack to another term as the county’s law enforcement official, as Mack took 66 percent of the vote to Jeff Dunn’s 21 percent and Larry Milstid’s 13 percent.

For the Baldwin County Board of Education, District 5’s Angie Swiger narrowly kept her seat, winning by 37 votes over Craig Stephenson. In District 6, former Fairhope city council member Cecil Christenberry took 72 percent of the vote over Miranda Schrubbe; the pair was running to fill the seat vacated by retiring board member Bob Callahan.