Henrico County voters for the first time appear to have elected three Black members to the county’s Board of Supervisors with unofficial results from Tuesday’s election indicating the governing body will have a 4-1 Democratic majority when the new terms begin in January.

County voters also awarded fresh terms to incumbent constitutional officers, including Sheriff Alisa A. Gregory, who easily secured her second term despite the uproar over seven county deputies being charged with second degree murder in the death of a mentally ill patient, Irvo Otieno.

On the supervisor front, unofficial results indicate that Democratic attorney Misty D. Whitehead upset veteran Republican Three Chopt Supervisor Thomas D. Branin by 261 votes out of the 23,589 ballots cast in the closest race for a supervisor seat.

The two other Black members will be the Rev. Tyrone Nelson, who was unopposed for re-election for the Varina District seat, and the Rev. Roscoe D. Cooper III, a School Board member who bested two challengers in the Fairfield District to win the race to succeed retiring veteran supervisor Frank J. Thornton.

Democrat Jody K. Rogish also bested Republican Gregory R. Baka in the race to succeed outgoing supervisor Patricia S. O’Bannon as the representative for the Tuckahoe District.

Sheriff Gregory won 65 percent of the vote to defeat her challenger, Harold L. Ford, a Richmond Police officer.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon L. Taylor also won her fourth term in securing 61 percent of the vote to defeat Republican challenger Shannon L. Dillon.

In the closest race, Republican Circuit Court Clerk Heidi S. Barshinger apparently won a second eight-year term. Unofficial results indicate she overcame a stiff challenge from Democrat Graham S. “Gray” Montrose by 1,005 votes out of the 103,846