Brown wins handily in District 40 race
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K.L. Brown and his wife Mandee celebrate his victory in the House District 40 race at the Hampton Inn in Jacksonville Tuesday night. Photo: Anita Kilgore/Jacksonville News
Brown built a commanding lead quickly in the vote count, leading since the first boxes were tallied. With the win, he claims the Alabama House District 40 seat vacated by Rep. Lea Fite's death in October. Brown's victory picks up a seat for the GOP, which hopes to wrest control in the Legislature from Democrats this fall. Fite was a Democrat.
Brown told The Anniston Star about 9 p.m. before the count was done that he thought the lead was big enough to declare victory.
Brown led Democrat Ricky Whaley with 3,422 votes, or 55.6 percent. Whaley had 2,070 votes, or 38.5 percent. Independent candidate Carol Hagan trailed with 135 votes, or 2.5 percent of the total counted.
Only provisional ballots remained to be counted, and they will not be enough to change the result.
| Candidate | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| K.L. Brown (R) | 3,422 | 55.6% |
| Ricky Whaley (D) | 2,575 | 41.9% |
| Carol Hagan (ind.) | 156 | 2.5% |
| 23 of 24 boxes reporting | ||
Aug 31 10 - 12:00 PM
We watched as Rep. Brown and his wife took blow after blow from Mr. Whaley's campaign camp (Rember he said he ran his own campaign) and Rep. Brown and his family held their head up high and stuck to their guns and didn't wavier, and that Mr. Whaley, is what won him the race...not the cheap shots that you kept throwing out there as a desperate man. I seen all the mail-outs, phone calls and news ads from both sides. Rep. Brown never really gave us a true look at himself and all the wonderful things he has done in the past...he was too humble for that. He wanted to stick to what he hope to acheive as our representative, while all you and you associates could do was run a "clean campaign".. You Mr. Whaley, as a teacher, need to look up the definition of "CLEAN" and not from the world's point of view, but from the Bible. You don't seem to know the difference and there is a very BIG difference Mr. Whaley. I am truly sadden that you respresented the Broozer family in this manner..They have always been fine outstanding citizens of Jacksonville. I think you owe a lot of people an apology starting with you family and then your students whom you have set a bad example for. You taught them that you can't stand on your word, principles,values,morals and hard work to win something....you have to play dirty underhanded tricks to get where you want in life....Shameful! Shameful! Shameful! Glad my children are not in your school system.