By JOYANNA LOVE/ Senior Staff Writer

The special primary election for Alabama United States Senator on Aug. 15 saw Republican candidates Roy Moore (38.9 percent) and incumbent Luther Strange (32.76 percent) as the top candidates.

However, since neither of them received the required 50 percent of the votes, a run-off election will be held to determine the Republican candidate for the general election. This run-off election is scheduled for Sept. 26.

Moore received 46.85 percent of the votes cast in Chilton County, and Strange received 34.19 percent.

“I voted for Mo Brooks, but I am a big fan of Judge Moore, and so I will be supporting Judge Moore in the run off,” Allan Childress, a local Republican, said.

In making his decision, Childress said he wanted a candidate who was conservative, but had courage.

“Courage was a big factor for me,” Childress said.

The Democratic candidate Doug Jones won his primary with 65.56 percent of the votes. Locally, Jones received 72.52 percent of the votes in the Democrat primary.

Herman Washington of Clanton said as a Democrat he wanted “to see a two-party system like we had before.”

“With the runoff coming up between Moore and Strange, I just hope it doesn’t get nasty to the point where you turn people off,” Washington said. “As a former educator, I’d like to see the democratic process work, so that we can teach people that America is a great country.”

These numbers are the unofficial results because the election will not be certified until next week.

According to the Chilton County Probate office, there were 5,055 ballots cast. Results from the Alabama Secretary of State office showed that 17.62 of registered voters in the state cast a ballot in this election.