PAST PRIMARY ELECTIONS: 1984 (Shaw, Shipley, Graham win county’s contested races)

The following article was reprinted from the Aug. 8, 1984, edition of the Ozark County Times. 

A total of 2,795 votes were cast in both the [1984] Republican and Democratic primaries for candidates for sheriff. This is less than half of the county’s 6,514 registered voters. 

In this year’s four-way Republican contest for sheriff, James Shaw with 978 votes, was the winner. Among the other candidates, Max Vaughan received 757 votes; Loyd Hambelton, 720 votes; and Frank McDaniel, 192.

The unopposed Democratic candidate for sheriff, Burl Roberts, received 191 votes. 

Besides the sheriff’s contest, the only other county candidates with opposition were the men running for eastern and western district county commissioners (formerly called county court judges).

Judson Shipley, with 824 votes, was the winner in the eastern district. His opponent, Fred Miller, received 637 votes.

Floyd Graham was the winner in the western district. He received 753 votes to 253 for his opponent, Noland Turner...