SHOALS — All but one incumbent won in Tuesday’s Martin County primary election.

Incumbent Larry Craney for Loogootee School Board was the one left out as 50 percent of registered voters turned out for the election, 78 percent of those voted on a Democratic ballot.

In the Democrat primary, incumbent District 3 commissioner Mike Dant beat Michael Milligan, 1,546 to 1,063. Dant goes on to face Ed Seals in the general election.

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Dant, who paced the Martin County Courthouse most of the night, said he was happy to win but there is a lot of time between Tuesday and the November elections. There were margins in his district that were too close for his comfort, Dant said.

“Yeah, well the nomination’s always a good thing but there’s a lot of work to do,” Dant said. “That’s very obvious but it was a huge nomination. I appreciate all the voters of Martin County but I have some work to do.”

Two other Democrat incumbents moving on to November are Floyd “Lonnie” Hawkins and Richard Summers. Along with new comer Larry R. Harding, the three will face Republicans Warren Albright and Dale Brown for at-large seats on the Martin County Council.

Summers, who went through a primary four years ago, said waiting for the results was nerve racking.

“It can be,” Summers said.

He felt he would win Tuesday, but there were times he was not sure.

“At first I thought ‘It will be all right,’ but you think ‘Well, is it going to be all right?’” Summers said. “It was good in the end but now we have to go through the fall.”

Hawkins won the primary with 1,953 votes. Summers was in second with 1,877 and Harding had 1,628 votes. The candidate left out was Robin Haulk with 980 votes.