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‘Doc’ Lafferty wins write-in judge/executive election in Martin County
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County voters chose “Doc” Lon Lafferty as Judge/Executive by a landslide in Tuesday’s historic, unprecedented write-in election. Lafferty, who declared his candidacy only three weeks ago, garnered 1,311 write-in votes to sweep challengers Marlena Slone (593) and Jimmy Don Kerr (162). “This has been an incredible three…