Former Bulloch County commissioner Jan Tankersley swept past opponent Tom McElwee Tuesday night, taking the Georgia House of Representative District 158 seat vacated when long-time representative Bob Lane announced his resignation earlier this year. With 99 percent of the 14 precincts reporting, Tankersley overwhelmed McElwee in Bryan County by 592 to 280 votes, and in Bulloch County by 1,659 to 877 votes, according to the Georgia Secretary of State's Office website www.sos.georgia.gov/elections. Surrounded by friends and family at Emma's Restaurant in the Holiday Inn as she awaited election results, Tankersley was overjoyed when she realized she had won.