
Statesboro Mayor Jonathan McCollar had a landslide victory over challenger Ernest Lawton. McCollar won with 1,493 votes to Lawton's 266 votes in the November 2, 2021 municipal election.
Councilman John Riggs defeated challenger Kristine Yager-Rushton by 44 votes. Riggs received 133 votes Yager-Rushton received 89 votes.
Liquor YES
Statesboro residents said YES to the package sales of alcohol by a large margin, 1,305 to 457 votes.
Mayor McCollar feels that if everything goes well we should see the sell of alcohol in Statesboro by second quarter of 2022. The next step is the completion of ordinances to approve the sale of alcohol. That will take several months. When complete they can begin licensing package stores.
Portal TIE
Portal Post 3 incumbent Jerry Lanigan defeated challenger Tom Coleman.
However, in Post 4 there is a tie between Roger Davis, Jr. and Clay Williams the incumbent. Both received exactly 37 votes.
Register incumbents and Liquor defeated
Register Mayor Barbara Rushing was defeated by Donnie Roberts. Incumbent Register district 1 councilman Richard Canady was defeated by Brittany Brannen. Package sales was defeated in Register for a second time. This time it was defeated by one vote.
Brooklet incumbent defeated and yes to alcohol sales
In Brooklet, Becky Kelly defeated Hannah-Joy Dinello for Brooklet City Council Post 3, Post 4 incumbent Gregory Schlierf was defeated by challenger James Harrison.
Sunday and on premises sale of alcohol both passed in Brooklet.
Below are all of the results:
Statesboro
Statesboro Mayor | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Ernest Larry Lawton | 266 | |
Jonathan McCollar (I) | FINAL | 1,493 |
Statesboro Council District 4 | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
John Riggs (I) | 133 | |
Kristine Yager-Rushton | 89 |
Statesboro Package Sales | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Yes | 1,305 | |
No | 457 |
Portal
Portal City Council Post 3 | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Tom Coleman | 35 | |
Jerry Lanigan (I) | FINAL | 38 |
Portal City Council Post 4 | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Roger Davis, Jr. | TIE | 37 |
Clay Williams (I) | TIE | 37 |
Register
Register Mayor | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Donnie Roberts | FINAL | 29 |
Barbara Rushing (I) | 27 |
Register City Council District 1 | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Brittany Brannen | 32 | |
Richard Canady (I) | 24 |
Register Package Sales | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Yes | 29 | |
No | 30 |
Brooklet
Brooklet City Council Post 3 | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Becky Kelly | 130 | |
Hannah-Joy DiNello | 75 |
Brooklet City Council Post 4 | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Gregory Schlierf (I) | FINAL | 92 |
James Harrison | 109 |
Brooklet Sunday Sales | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Yes | 91 | |
No | 64 |
Brooklet on premises alcohol sales | # of Precincts Reporting | Vote Total |
Yes | 95 | |
No | 50 |