CARTERSVILLE — Voters on Tuesday cast ballots here in a handful of contested races, electing a new Taylorsville mayor and passing two Sunday alcohol sales measures in the city of Emerson.

Six candidates ran for the office of Taylorsville mayor, with Mitchell Bagley taking the most votes with 55 ballots cast in his favor.

No runoff will occur because of Taylorsville law, according to Bartow County elections officials.

In another closely watched election, voters in the city of Emerson passed two initiatives related to the Sunday sale of alcohol.

Residents soon will be able to purchase alcohol on Sunday at restaurants and at stores.

Drinks by the glass passed 133 to 63, equal to 68 percent of the vote. Off-premises package sales passed 136 to 61, or 69 percent to 31 percent.

Republican challenger Fred Kittle won the county’s District 4 education board seat against Independent incumbent Wanda Cagle Gray, 3,436 to 2,626 votes.

The incumbent in the race for chief magistrate, Republican Thomas E. Moseley, defeated Democratic challenger Paul Nally with 76 percent of the vote, 25,525 to 8,040.

Some 36,000 people out of 50,711 registered Bartow County voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election.

The election posed some issues for the county, because a portion of Taylorsville rests in Polk County. Additionally, Emerson residents had to visit two different polling locations on Tuesday if they wanted to vote in both the general election and on questions specific to their city.

The county’s elections office printed an informational flier prior to the election explaining those issues.