Moore sails past Fredricks for D-4 House seat

Published 10:32 pm Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Republican Parker Duncan Moore sailed past his opponent Tuesday night in the GOP primary election for the District 4 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives.

Numbers available from the Secretary of State’s website as of The News Courier’s deadline showed Moore had won 3,821 votes, or 68.40 percent of the total votes cast. Fredricks’ had garnered 1,765 votes, or 31.60 percent.

Voter turnout was a mere 15.68 percent of 3,377,902 registered voters statewide, though not all precincts were counted at press time.

Moore was technically the incumbent going into the race because he won the seat in a special election in May. The special primary was called after former state Rep. Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, pleaded guilty to a mail fraud scheme that led to his automatic ouster from the Legislature.

Moore will now face Democrat Juanita Allen Healy in the Nov. 6 general election.

Moore could not be reached for comment immediately after the election.