Sheppard wins Lincoln County Circuit Clerk runoff - Daily Leader

Sheppard wins Lincoln County Circuit Clerk runoff - Daily Leader

The special election runoff for Lincoln County Circuit Clerk is finished, and Christy Sheppard is the winner. With a total of 2,098 votes, Sheppard received 50.4 percent of the vote — winning by 37 votes over Interim Circuit Clerk Jackie Jones Bates’ 2,061. Former Circuit Court Clerk Dustin Bairfield, who oversaw the election on contract to the county, said 23 absentee ballots were still in the mail as of Tuesday, but those ballots will not affe…