Primary election unofficial results from May12 Primary

Several key local races in the 2026 Primary Election, held Tuesday, May 12 will see several new leadership faces in office next year.

Locally, voter turnout reached right at 53.27 percent, with a total of 2,186 ballots cast out of 4,104 registered voters in Clay County.

In the race for the sheriff’s office, to replace retiring, and longtime sheriff, Jeff Franklin, Christhian Gabriel out dueled Kreighton Baxter by 243 votes, as Gabriel gained 972 votes, with Baxter earning 729.