A3 + PLUS >> Chronic fatigue and breathlessness, Health/3A COLLEGE ATHLETES SPORTS Extra year of Fall sports on eligibility? go in Columbia See Page 10A See Page 10A WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Hill retains seat; Sampson, Crenshaw in runoff/Story below ELECTION RESULTS Durrett, Keen, Murphy win Unofficial results STATE ATTORNEY* Williams downs Green; John Durrett 7,958 Nash, Hollingsworth go Tina Seifert 5,341 to runoff in BOCC 3. TAX COLLECTOR By JAMIE WACHTER Kyle Keen 4,892 [email protected] Marsha Moore 1,505 It was a good night to be Amy Overstreet 1,803 an incumbent. A pair of incumbents COUNTY COMM., DISTRICT 1 retained their seats on the Kyle Green 918 County Commission, while a third is headed to a runoff Ron Williams (I) 1,479 for his seat. Incumbents COUNTY COMM., DISTRICT 3 also won re-election to the Lake City Council and the Robby Hollingsworth 1,181 Columbia County School Charlie Keith 724 Board. Ron Williams and Tim Bucky Nash (I) 1,124 Murphy were re-elected to Jeffery Tyre 416 the County Commission from COUNTY COMM., DISTRICT 5 Districts 1 and 5 respectively. In District 3, Bucky Nash Brandon Beil 1,298 received 32.63% of the vote Tim Murphy (I) 1,561 in a four-man race to head to a runoff against Robby SCHOOL BOARD, DISTRICT 4 Hollingsworth, who received Keith Hudson (I) 1,450 34.28% of the votes in the district. Michael Jenkins 731 There will also be a runoff CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 12 race for the District 13 seat on the City Council where Jake Hill (I) 285 Todd Sampson led the three- Noah Walker 263 man race with 245 votes CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 13 — 44.55%. He will face James Crenshaw, who received 160 James Crenshaw 160 votes or 29.09%, in the run-off Alden Rosner 145 election. The other council seat Todd Sampson 245 went to incumbent Jake Hill, STATE SENATE, DISTRICT 5* who edged Noah Walker by 22 votes. Jennifer Bradley 5,256 JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter Keith Hudson also was Jason Holifield 2,835 re-elected to the school board from District 4, receiving *Columbia County results only ABOVE, Kyle Keen hugs his wife, Brandi, Tuesday night outside 66.48% of the vote. In the other county race the Supervisor of Elections office voted on Tuesday, Kyle Keen after winning the Tax Collector’s won the Republican primary primary race. With the win, Keen for tax collector, receiving advances to November’s general nearly 60% of the votes to out- election. LEFT, John Durrett and distance Marsha Moore and his family were all smiles Tuesday Amy Overstreet. Keen will night after he won the race for face Libertarian candidate State Attorney for the Third Davie Parrish in the general Judicial Circuit. election in November. Hudson wins The Third Judicial Circuit’s 12th term on new State Attorney is John Durrett. Durrett received just School Board shy of 60% of the votes in the seven-county circuit to defeat By TONY BRITT Tina Seifert. [email protected] In the Republican primary TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter DOWNS continued on 2A Incumbent school board member Keith Hudson, who was facing political first-timer Michael Jenkins, LAKE CITY COUNCIL for the Columbia County School Board District 4 seat, Hill keeps his seat; Sampson, Crenshaw in runoff earned another By TONY BRITT Hill collected 285 votes, 52.01% opportunity to stay in this seat,” feel like I must be doing some- four-year [email protected] of the vote, while Walker tallied he said, thanking his family and thing right,” he said. “I don’t have term in 263 votes, roughly 47.99% of the supporters for their work during a hidden agenda, I feel like I’m Jake Hill won the City Council vote. the election. “I’ve a people person Tuesday’s District 12 race against political Both Hill got big respect and hopefully the primary newcomer Noah Walker by a and Walker for Mr. Walker. In people that didn’t Hudson election. scant 22 votes to claim his third were at the this race the sup- vote for me this Hudson term as a city councilman. Columbia County port of the people election cycle, captured a lion-share of The three-way race for the Supervisor of spoke and I’m still will see what the vote with 1,450 votes, District 13 seat on the City Elections office the city council- I’m doing in the 66.48% , while Jenkins col- Council — James Crenshaw, Tuesday night as man for District future and I’ll gain Hill Sampson Crenshaw lected 731 votes, 33.52% of Alden Rosner and C. Todd the initial returns 12.” their support.” Sampson — is headed to a runoff the vote. came in. The two shook hands Walker’s phone was not accept- In the District 13 race between between Crenshaw and Sampson. congratulating one another on the ing calls following the election. the three political upstarts, Hudson, who is the lon- In District 12, Hill bested gest serving school board race they ran. Hill was appreciative for his Sampson collected 245 votes, Walker in Walker’s first time seek- “It was close… but I thank third term as a councilman. ing political office. God for blessing me with another “The people have spoke, so I HUDSON continued on 2A COUNCIL continued on 2A Vol. 146, No. 109 Health. 3A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A SUBSCRIBE TO Advice & Comics . 5A THE REPORTER: 91 71 Classifieds . 6-7A Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 A few showers, 2A Obituaries . 8A 2A WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2020 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER Keen wins round 1 for tax collector QUICK HITS of the primary win. “It’s a 3 where he will face office. Keen has worked in Scripture of the Day By JAMIE WACHTER lot of pressure off. Libertarian Davie Parrish for the office for more than 15 [email protected] “It was a the right to succeed Ronnie years, spending eight-plus “I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord In a race full of experi- good, hard- Brannon as tax collector. years as the office’s direc- sustained me.” ence, Republican voters fought race. “We’ve got one more tor of ad-valorem taxes. — Psalm 3:5 (KJV) chose Kyle Keen on I appreciate race,” Keen added. “It’s not Moore, meanwhile, has Tuesday. the cam- over with yet. We’ve got to spent 33-plus years at the Keen won the three-way paigns of keep going, keep working. tax collector’s office. She Thought for Today Republican primary with my two “We’ll celebrate today currently is the supervisor 4,892 votes — 59.66% — opponents. and get back working of ad-valorem taxes. Hitch your wagon to a star. Keen to down Amy Overstreet I’m very tomorrow.” Overstreet, who current- — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, U.S. writer (1,803 votes, 21.99%) and humbled and very thankful All three of the ly serves in the finance (“Self Reliance,” “The Transcendentalist”) Marsha Moore (1,505 for the support I got.” Republican candidates have department of the tax col- votes, 18.35%). Keen moves on to the years of experience in serv- lector’s office, has worked general election Nov. ing in the tax collector’s there for nearly 19 years. “It feels good,” Keen said Winning Lottery Numbers Pick 3: (Monday p.m.) 7-1-9 Pick 4: (Monday p.m.) 1-9-5-1 Durrett takes state attorney race Fantasy 5: (Monday) 6-32-33-34-36 By CARL MCKINNEY ers. She worked in the misdemeanor divi- See an error? [email protected] Earlier in the campaign season, sion for Suwannee County, then pro- The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news flyers went out questioning Seifert’s gressed to felony cases. items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, Local prosecutor John Durrett credentials, painting her as little more She left the State Attorney’s Office please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will secured victory by a comfortable mar- than a family-law in 1998 to work in private practice as run in this space. Thanks for reading. gin in the race for Third Circuit state attorney. a criminal defense and family lawyer, attorney, beating out opponent Tina Tensions came to a but returned in 2001 to work as a fel- Seifert. head during the Lake ony prosecutor in Columbia County. Submissions The results came in quickly after City Reporter’s polit- She later served as supervisor of the The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption the polls closed. Durrett locked ical forum earlier in Lake City office from 2005 to 2008, information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture down about 60% of the vote, both in August, during which when she resigned a second time and information to the editor: [email protected]. Columbia County and in the Third Durrett Seifert went on the following the election of a new state Circuit as a whole. The Third Circuit offense against Durrett, questioning attorney. covers seven counties — Columbia, his experience with death-penalty Seifert’s resume includes expe- Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, cases. rience serving as a guardian ad Lake City Reporter Suwannee and Taylor. Originally from Columbus, litem, family law mediator and board HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS ..........