Republican incumbents won Sussex County’s three contested races on Tuesday, while two other candidates were unchallenged.
Sussex County incumbent council member Doug Hudson will return to his District 4 seat after defeating Democrat Nathan Mitchell with 63.7% of the vote. Hudson got 15,186 votes to Mitchell’s 8,667 votes.
Incumbent District 5 council member John Rieley defeated Democrat Billy Edwards with 63.4% of the vote. Rieley got 10,629 votes to Edwards’ 6,123 votes.
And incumbent Sheriff Robert Lee defeated James Brittingham with 82.7% of the vote, 61,375 to 12,821.
Uncontested candidates earned two other Sussex County seats:
- Record of deeds: Republican Alexandra Reed
- Register of wills: Republican Greg Fuller
