Larry Baker will be the next Liberty County 1st District commissioner.

Baker received 2,915 votes to Michael Cook’s 1,454. Baker got 2,285 votes in advanced voting to Cook’s 982. Baker, the former Walthourville mayor, will replace Marion Stevens Sr. on the board.

Connie Thrift, the incumbent 3rd District commissioner, defeated challenger Greg Lachowsky, getting 1,463 votes to Lachowsky’s 525.

State Rep. Al Williams also won re-election easily to his House District 168 seat, getting 11,433 votes to challenger Kevin Remillard’s 5,282.

More than 11,000 county residents cast their ballots in early voting, which ended October 30. Between in-person advanced voting and drop box/mail-in, 11,834 ballots were cast prior to election day today.

There are 39,950 registered voters in Liberty County.

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