Possibly following the vote for a new high school – the two candidates who said they are for the effort – were elected to the county board of commissioners on Tuesday.
Dan Barrett, a former county commissioner and candidate for governor, won the race for the two seats with 5,719 votes, or 28.31 percent; Ferguson had 4,957 for 24.54 percent; followed by incumbent Robert Wisecarver with 4,542 votes, Richard Carter Jr. with 3,965 votes, and Charles Odell Williams with 1,015 votes.