Results checked at 8:06 a.m. EST, November 4, 2026.
Charles “Chuckie” Williams held a 61-vote lead over incumbent Ed Lowery in Richmond County’s District 6 school-board race in unofficial returns Wednesday morning after all seven precincts reported, making it the tightest of the county’s contested school-board races.
Williams had 3,595 votes, or 50.43%, to Lowery’s 3,534, or 49.57%, according to the county’s official election-results site.
The county reported all 65 precincts fully reporting overall. The returns are still unofficial: the elections office says accepted provisional ballots will be added before certification. The page does not give a count of outstanding provisional ballots, so the 61-vote margin should not be treated as a final result.
Brown leads both District 3 races
Voters had two separate District 3 school-board contests on the ballot, a regular election and a special election. Kenyatta Brown led both, with Carol J. Yancy second, but Brown did not have a majority in either contest’s reported totals.
The two contests have different vote counts and should not be combined:
| Candidate | Regular election | Special election |
|---|---|---|
| Kenyatta Brown | 3,486, 39.17% | 3,505, 39.31% |
| Carol J. Yancy | 2,635, 29.61% | 2,577, 28.90% |
| Bartley Payne | 2,090, 23.48% | 2,116, 23.73% |
| Janice Ramirez | 689, 7.74% | 719, 8.06% |
All eight precincts were reported for each contest. Brown’s lead over Yancy was 851 votes in the regular election and 928 in the special election. Regular election returns · Special election returns
Hannah and Cain hold larger advantages
In District 2, incumbent Charlie Hannah had 3,233 votes, or 57.48%, to RaShaun Holiday’s 2,392, or 42.52%. The 841-vote advantage came with all six precincts reporting. District 2 returns
Incumbent Venus D. Cain led the four-candidate District 9 race with 16,172 votes, or 57.87%. Delvin T. Howard had 6,847, Brad Owens had 2,994 and Thomas Gardiner had 1,933. All 31 precincts were reporting. District 9 returns
Unopposed races
Lisa Martin received 6,982 votes in school-board District 7, where she was the only candidate listed. All seven precincts were reporting. District 7 returns
Incumbent Charles “Charlie” Byrd was the only candidate listed for Brier Creek Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor and received 56,273 votes, with all 65 precincts reporting. Conservation district returns
What happens next
The county’s results page says provisional ballots will be reviewed within 72 hours of the election and accepted ballots added to the totals. Certification by the Richmond County Board of Elections remains the next formal step. The page reports 67,000 ballots cast countywide, a turnout of 49.96%.
For the closest contest, the number to watch is still 61: Williams’ reported advantage over Lowery in the unofficial county count. Official Richmond County results