Sales representative Curt Deal won the race for Bulloch County Board of Commissioners Seat 2A Tuesday with a 971-vote sweep. He was opposed in the July 26 runoff election by organic farmer Jimmy Hayes, who garnered 1,590 votes to Deal’s 2,561. Deal will take the seat Jan. 1, which will be vacated by current Commissioner Carolyn Etheridge’s pending retirement Dec. 31.