For the first time in two decades, Democrat candidates carried Henry County in every statewide race in last week’s elections.

More than 93,000 voters went to the polls, a turnout rate of 60 percent in a year that saw 28,539 more registered voters in Henry County than just two years ago.

Stacey Abrams, who appears to have lost her bid to become the nation’s first black female governor, defeated Brian Kemp by 12 points in Henry County, garnering 56.6 percent of the vote. The margin locally was nearly the same in races for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, insurance commissioner, state school superintendent and labor commissioner as well as one seat on the Public Service Commission.

Every one of those races was won statewide by the Republican candidate except for secretary of state, which the Republican candidate led the morning after election day but is heading for a runoff.

But Democrats made significant inroads close to home by flipping a seat on the Henry County Board of Commissioners and a local Georgia House of Representatives district.

Vivian Thomas will become the third Democrat on the BOC after garnering nearly 59 percent of the vote to defeat Republican challenger Pete Peterson in District 4. That seat is being vacated by Blake Prince, who ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary earlier this year for the District 109 state house seat.

Gary Barham won another term at the District 3 commissioner, defeating Democrat challenger Renae Crutches by 11 points. Democrat incumbent Bruce Holmes was unopposed in District 5.

Geoff Cauble’s current stint at state representative from District 111 is coming to an end after about a year. The Republican won the special election in January to fill Brian Strickland’s unexpired term, but lost this week to El-Mahdi Holly by 13 points in the regular election.

Strickland moved to the State Senate in January, winning a special election to fill Rick Jeffares’ unexpired term in District 17 after Jeffares resigned to pursue his ultimately unsuccessful bid for lieutenant governor. Strickland is keeping his seat with a nine-point victory over Phyllis Hatcher.

Strickland’s district includes portions of Newton and Rocklade counties. Cauble’s district lies solely in Henry.

The other state senate seat that includes part of Henry County District 10, where Democrat incumbent Emanuel Jones was unopposed.

As for the other seven state house districts that include Henry County:

• Republican incumbent Karen Mathiak was unopposed in District 73.
• Democrat incumbent Sandra Scott was unopposed in District 76.
• Democrat incumbent Demetrius Douglas was unopposed in District 78.
• Democrat incumbent Pam Stephenson defeated Republican challenger Takosha Swan by a 4-to-1 margin in District 90.
• Republican incumbent Dale Rutledge defeated Democrat challenger Regina Lewis-Ward by three points in District 109.
• Republican incumbent Andy Welch was unopposed in District 110.
• Republican incumbent David Knight was unopposed in District 130.