Several down ballot county races are settled Tuesday

There were numerous competitive county races settled in Tuesday’s election.

In Sussex County, a pair of Republican incumbents retained their Sussex County Council seats. District 5 councilman John Rieley defeated Democrat Billy Edwards while District 4 councilman Douglas Hudson beat Democrat Nathan Mitchell.

In Kent County, Democrat Terry Pepper retained his At-Large Levy Court seat while Republican Robert Scott won the race to claim the 4^th District seat vacated by newly elected State Senator Eric Buckson. Democrat Jeffery Hall hung on to his 2^nd District seat and Republican Paul Hertz won the 6^th District seat

And in New Castle County – the only contested County Council race saw Democrat Dee Durham easily top Republican Jamie Collins in the 2^nd District.