Municipal election results for Butler County

BY BRUCE BRANUM

The Greenville Standard)

 

With the 2026 municipal elections complete, the initial ballots have been tallied for Tuesday, Aug. 26. Greenville had 5,085 electors while Georgiana had 1,112 electors.

Approximately 2,054 votes were cast in the Greenville municipal election equaling approximately a 40.3% voter turnout, while Georgiana had 435 votes cast equaling a 39% voter turnout.

Greenville had 135 absentee ballots returned by mail.

According to Greenville Police Chief Justin Lovvorn, traffic at the Greenville LBWCC campus flowed smoothly without issues.

Greenville Poll Manager, Sue Roberson, said the voting process went smoothly overall and most seemed pleased with the site location despite the public grievances first perceived that Greenville’s five voting locations would be combined to one location at the Wendell Mitchell Conference on the LBWCC Greenville Campus.

By 11:30 a.m., 775 Greenville voters had cast their ballot. By 3:30 p.m. 1,266 votes were counted, and by 5:30 p.m. 1,673 votes were cast.

To follow are the unofficial totals for Greenville and Georgiana.

 

For Greenville Mayor

Jae’Ques Brown                               691

Kenneth Crumb                                334

Dexter McLendon           773

Craig Waller                        242

Brown and McLendon will have a runoff.

 

For Greenville District 1

Bryan Reynolds was unopposed

 

For Greenville District 2

Ed Sim was unopposed

 

For Greenville District 3

James “Baba” Daniels     157

Joseph West                      294

 

For Greenville District 4

Brandon Smith                  163

Arlene Steele                    148

 

For Greenville District 5

Calvin “Bubba” Allen       87

Kenderius Boggan           139

I.V. McKee                           167

Boggan and McKee will have a runoff.

 

For Georgiana Mayor

Jerome Antone                                82

Nina Bonner                       235

Donald Colley, Jr.              118

 

For Georgiana District 1

Danny Black                        28

Bernard Rudolph              36

Robbin McCombs            38

Rudolph and McCombs will have a runoff.

 

For Georgiana District 2

Willie Peterson                 58

Larry Rudolph                    38

 

For Georgiana District 3

Malvin Brewer                  20

Jackie Gandy                      26

 

For Georgiana District 4

Robert Reeves                  45

Darlene Buskey                                43

 

For Georgiana District 5

Ricardo Montgomery     45

Lillie Boggan                       19

Johnny Colvin                    36

Montgomery and Colvin will have a runoff.

 

McKenzie did not have to have an election for all incumbents ran unopposed.