Complete, but unofficial, returns from Tuesday's election for Liberty County Sheriff put two of the candidates in a runoff, which will be Nov. 30.
With all votes counted, Steve Sikes and Warren Waye ran well ahead of the pack, but neither with a clear majority.
With the 10,078 votes counted, Sikes tally equaled 39 percent of the vote and Waye's amounted to 31 percent
Here is the tally, from highest to lowest.
Sikes, 3,983
Waye, 3,126
Bobby Ryon, 1,197
Mark Floyd, 1,024
Jimmie T. Jones, 312
Jerald Burgess, 347
Quinton O'Neal, 89
The numbers are not official and could change.
Wednesday's Coastal Courier will have more on the election and Friday's will have more complete results and reactions.