BAY MINETTE, Ala. — Candidates in the Baldwin County District Attorney’s race may be headed for a runoff after 65 of 67 precincts reporting late Tuesday.

Runoffs also appear likely in the Baldwin County Commission districts 2 and 3 races.

Republican Hallie Dixon received 33 percent of the votes for the district attorney slot, followed by David Green with 31 percent. Incumbent Judy Newcomb received 30 percent of the votes, while Ken Hitson garnered 7 percent.

The unofficial tally does not include provisional ballots, and results of one Daphne precinct voting machine, according to Probate Judge Tim Russell.

Candidates must receive 50 percent plus one vote to be declared the clear winner. The primary runoff election is scheduled July 13.

In the Baldwin County Commission race, Charles F. “Skip” Gruber received 16,189 votes, or 65 percent to defeat Ollie Daw for the District 4 race.

In District 2, David Bishop will be in a runoff with Bob James. Bishop received 12,532 votes, while James captured 10,214. Daniel Dyas received 5,720 votes.

In District 3, also a runoff, Tucker Dorsey led incumbent Wayne Gruenloh by a 10,754 to 10,326 margin. William McDaniel was third with 5,943 votes.

Norman Moore was the clear winner in the Baldwin County School Board District 4 race, easily defeating Gregory Congleton by a 2,222 to 1,247 margin.

Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack handily defeated challenger Orlando Bethel by a 93 percent margin.

Asked about a couple of the commission races being close, Gruber said of the numbers, “I really don’t know what to think of it.”

He said there was an “anti-incumbent” attitude in the county and a lot of “negativity” toward issues such as zoning.

As a result, he said he wasn’t surprised at the tight races “because of all the stuff going on.”

Asked about the future and the new commission, Gruber said there will be challenges.

“We’re not out of the down slump yet,” he said in reference to the economy.

He cited the Gulf oil spill’s negative impact on county revenues through tourism. He said the county needs a “better economic engine” and the commission has several things in the works to achieve that.

Gruenloh said he doubts an “anti-incumbent” attitude was in place on the commission level the way such an attitude might exist on a national or state level. He said a commissioner is either in touch or not and “we try to make ourselves accessible.”

Probate Office records indicate 33,775 of the 115,000 registered voters in Baldwin County went to the polls.

To view complete, unofficial results, go to baldwincountyal.gov, click on probate, then elections.

(This report was compiled by Staff Writers Graham Heath and Bob Morgan.)