V oters in the Augusta Judicial Circuit - Burke and Columbia counties and Augusta - aren't finished yet with the only contested judgeship race. There's going to be a runoff election.

Jolly soundly defeats Neal Web-posted July 10, 1996 at 12:26 a.m. One of the most hotly contested races in Augusta's primary election ended Tuesday night with Sheryl Jolly defeating Joe Neal Jr. for Richmond County's State Court solicitor.

Millner & Isakson in Senate runoff Web-posted July 10, 1996 at 1:58 a.m. Guy Millner and Johnny Isakson adopted a combative tone as they will meet in a runoff before one of them goes on to face Democrat Max Cleland in the fall.

Brush easily avoids runoff for Senate nomination Web-posted July 10, 1996 at 12:51 a.m. An Augusta area Senate Republican race was a rout Tuesday night, and a state House race will be headed to a runoff next month. In the 24th Senate District, vacated by Jake Pollard, D-Appling, Republican Joey Brush easily defeated opponents Dick Manion and Charles Allen Jr. The 40-year-old Mr. Brush will face Democrat Ted Lane in November.

Incumbent, newcomer claim positions on county board Web-posted July 10, 1996 at 12:55 a.m. Columbia County voters chose a combination of the familiar and the new Tuesday, electing incumbent Diane Ford and challenger Lee Brooks to seats on the county's board of commissioners.

Connell wins re-election to House Web-posted July 10, 1996 at 1 a.m. State Rep. Jack Connell held off a challenge by Richmond County State Court Solicitor Robert W. ``Bo'' Hunter to win another two-year term in the House District 115 seat.

Call him Rocky Web-posted July 9, 1996 at 8 p.m. Telephone directories are dry reference books, not places for creativity. But two North Augustans have injected some color into the normally bland, boring white pages. By choosing quirky telephone pseudonyms - Rocket J. Squirrel and Captain Beefheart - the men are also inviting the kind of telephone tomfoolery most of us try to avoid.

Don't believe you're a winner yet Web-posted July 9, 1996 at 8 p.m. If you get a Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes letter that promises you've won $100,000 - if only you'll send in a $60 ``processing fee'' - look out. It's a fraud, warned the Better Business Bureau.

No Olympic spotlights for alternates Web-posted July 9 at 9:20 p.m.  A dozen boxers were fortunate enough to make the United States Olympic team. A world audience awaits their noble stab at glory, beginning in just 10 days. And then there are the alternates. Come Thursday afternoon, they will be dismissed, sent their separate ways.

See how to slam dunk politics online Web-posted July 9, 1996 at 7 p.m. Our sampling of new and notable Web sites includes Shaq's home on the 'Net and Politics Now.