DeKalb County's remaining candidates for chief executive officer won't be the only hopefuls out on the streets with campaign signs in coming weeks.

One County Commission race will also go to an Aug. 5 runoff after an indecisive result from last week's primary.

Sharon Barnes-Sutton was just over three dozen votes shy of the majority she needed to win the campaign for District 4 outright.

"That's extremely close," said Barnes-Sutton, who garnered 49.6 percent of the vote, according to an informal final tally.

Close, but not close enough. In Georgia, a candidate must get half the votes plus one more to win without a runoff.

That means the second-largest vote getter, Viola Davis with 17.5 percent, survives to move on to the runoff with Barnes-Sutton. "Did I just squeak through that," Davis said.

The other three candidates —- Lawrence Sharp, Will Thomas and Calvin Sims —-are done.

Barnes-Sutton and Davis will be knocking on doors along with CEO candidates Burrell Ellis and Stan Watson. Ellis, who occupies the commission seat that Barnes-Sutton and Davis want, got nearly twice as many votes as Watson, but not enough to avoid a runoff.

Ellis' district, which straddles Memorial Drive from Decatur to Stone Mountain, was the only open seat. In the other two commission races, incumbents Kathie Gannon and Elaine Boyer won easily.

Boyer, a Republican from north DeKalb, is the only county official who will face an opponent in the November general election, with Democrat Larry Danese aiming for her seat.

One other commissioner, Lee May, is up for re-election but has had no challengers.