Easley precinct results hang near the Pickens County Voter Registration and Elections office.
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PICKENS— Only one incumbent is safe in Pickens County as voters flipped seats in Liberty and Dacusville in favor of newcomers – and the current chairman is headed to a runoff in a bid to keep his seat.
In Easley, where there were three candidates on the Republican primary ballot, no single candidate received 50 percent of the votes.
Council Chairman Chris Bowers had almost 47 percent and will face challenger Brandon Thomas on the June 25 runoff. Mason Sims ended the night with 19 percent of the Easley area votes.
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"The folks of Easley have shown support and over the next two weeks the key is to just remind everybody we’ve got to get them back out to vote and let their voices be heard," Bowers said.
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Mark Burns, Sheri Biggs will head to runoff in GOP primary for Jeff Duncan's Upstate seat
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Newcomer Scott Lang will take the District 4 seat currently held by Vice Chairman Roy Costner with a 350-vote lead.
Dale Holloway will take the District 6 seat currently held by Henry Wilson after winning with a margin of more than 400 votes.
"My opponent put in a lot of hard work and ran an excellent campaign," Wilson said.
Alex Saitta will keep his seat in District 3, representing Pickens in the largest geographic area of the county. Challenger Justin Durham ended the night with 1,900 votes but it didn’t come close to the almost 2,800 for the incumbent.
The results will be certified on June 13 at Pickens County’s administrative offices in Pickens.
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