A Republican-heavy county, Gilchrist has reported the following numbers in its key races:

• Republican Todd Newton leads Democrat Susan Owens in the county’s clerk of the circuit court race, 60 percent to 40 percent.
• Democrat Barbara Merritt leads Republican Tommy Langford in the county’s tax collector race with 54 percent of the vote.
• Republican Rob Rankin leads Democrat Christie L. McElroy in the county’s superintendent of schools race with 54 percent of the vote.
• Democrat incumbent Sharon Akins Langford leads independent Rosemary B. McDaniel in the county’s District 1 board of county commissioner race with 71 percent of the vote.
• Republican Todd Gray leads Democrat James Shepherd and independent Rodney W. Brown in the county’s District 3 board of county commissioner race with 62 percent of the vote.
• Democrat John Rance Thomas leads Republican Marion C. Poitevint in the county’s District 4 board of county commissioner race with 52 percent of the vote.
• With about 5,000 votes counted, Republican Robert C. Roux Jr. leads Democrat Robert (Bobby) Schultz in the county’s sheriff race by 43 votes.