Longtime State Republican Executive Committee member Sandra Lasseter fended off a challenge Tuesday from Kayla Moore, who is best known as the wife of Roy Moore, in the race for the committee's Etowah County, Place 2 seat.

Lasseter received 7,275 votes Tuesday, and Moore received 5,939 votes.

Lasseter has been a member of the executive committee, which has more than 400 members and governs the state Republican party, for more than two decades. She is also the chair of the Etowah County Board of Registrars.

"Thank you to all who voted for me today! Congratulations to Mrs. Lasseter," Kayla Moore posted on Facebook Tuesday night. "Sorry I couldn't post sooner but I have had a difficult time trying to find it as we are out of town. Thank you all again!"

Moore became something of a household name last year as the wife of the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who in December was beaten by Democrat Doug Jones in the race to replace Luther Strange in the U.S. Senate.

The race was a major national news story because several women came forward during the campaign to accuse the then-candidate of sexually assaulting them or making unwanted sexual advances toward them.

Kayla Moore vociferously defended her husband in multiple public appearances during the build-up to the December general election.

She also found herself at the center of a controversy of her own in December, when she drew intense criticism for saying that "one of our attorneys is a Jew" as part of an effort to deflect claims that her husband is anti-Semitic and racist.

Rich Hobson, who served as Roy Moore's campaign manager during his U.S. Senate bid last year, was trounced Tuesday in his attempt to unseat U.S. Rep. Martha Roby.