Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh wins GOP runoff for PSC president

MONTGOMERY, Al.

 Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh

 Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh has won the Republican nomination for president of the Alabama Public Service Commission.
According to unofficial results Tuesday night, Cavanaugh had 61 percent of the vote with 68 percent of precincts reporting. Mobile businessman Chip Brown trailed with 39 percent.
Cavanaugh, a commission member, will now face incumbent Lucy Baxley in the November general election.
Baxley is the only Democrat who holds statewide office in Alabama. She narrowly defeated Cavanaugh for PSC president in 2008. Cavanaugh then won a seat on the three-person commission in 2010.
Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman had predicted a low turnout of 2 percent to 4 percent for Tuesday's runoff.