Montgomery (AP) - The race for the Republican nomination for Alabama Agriculture (web | news) Commissioner appears headed toward a runoff.
With 60 percent of the vote counted, former Alabama Forestry Association executive vice president John McMillan had 37 percent of the vote and farmer Dorman Grace of Jasper 34 percent. McMillan was short of the 50 percent of the vote needed to avoid a runoff. ABC 33/40 Talkback:
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Hoover businessman Dale Peterson was running in third place Tuesday night. McMillan and Grace were the much better financed candidates, but Peterson received national attention and ridicule from an in-your-face ad on YouTube where he rode a horse, carried a gun and promised to run "thugs and criminals" out of state government.