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Runoff results: Incumbents fall
Challengers topple sheriff, commissioner
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Stevie Mills, right, congratulates Cindy Jones Mills on winning the Forsyth County commission District 4 contest Tuesday night during a gathering at her home. - photo by Autumn Vetter
Forsyth voters settled three Republican races for local office Tuesday, electing a new sheriff, county commissioner and coroner. In the closest balloting of the evening, challenger Duane Piper toppled three-term incumbent Sheriff Ted Paxton by 341 votes. Sheriff was among two countywide contests on the ballot, with Mary Beth Pais holding off Harold Bennett to become the next coroner.
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