The three incumbent Barrow County commissioners up for re-election fended off Republican primary challenges Tuesday by convincing margins.

District 4 commissioner Isaiah Berry defeated challenger Derek Cox, 427-257, garnering 62.4 percent of the vote. In District 5, commissioner Billy Parks won over challenger Debbie Reid with 71.1 percent of the vote (652-265), and in District 6, commissioner Ben Hendrix held off challenger Deborah Lynn with 58.8 percent of the vote (596-418).

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