No election surprises in Randolph County

Election Day results in Randolph County’s key races brought about no surprises in the heavily-Republican county as all Republican-held County Commissioner and NC Senate and NC House seats were retained by incumbents or new Republican candidates.

Overall, in North Carolina, according to figures through Nov. 8, 5,675, 346 voters cast ballots, which was 72% of the state’s 7,842,063 registered voters.

In Randolph County, 75,910 voters cast ballots, which was just under 77% of the 98,720 registered voters in Randolph.

Here are the results of the county’s local, state and judicial contested races:

Randolph County Commissioners

District 1

Kenny Kidd (R), 56,742 (77.67%)

William (Bill) McCaskill (D, 16,313 (22.33%)

District 5

Lester Rivenbark (R), 56,531 (77.55%)

Jane Ledwell-Gant (D), 16,364 (22.45%)

Randolph County Schools Board of Education

Four candidates for four seats

Sharon Petty Farlow, 40,807

Gary Cook, 39,698

Tracy D. Boyles, 37,292

Todd Cutler, 36,108

Randolph Soil and Water

Conservation District Supervisor

Shane Whitaker, 58,762 (98.69%)

Write-In (Miscellaneous), 780 (1.31%)

City of Archdale Mayor

Lewis W. Dorsett, 4,920 (97.83%)

Write-In (Miscellaneous), 109 (2.17%)

City of Archdale City Council

At-Large

William Wood, 3,070 (53.78%)

Alvin Battle, 2,613 (45.78%)

Write-In (Miscellaneous), 25 (0.44%)

Ward 2

Roger Blackwell, 4,854 (99.00%)

Write-In (Miscellaneous), 49 (1.00%)

Ward 3

Robert E. (Trey) Gray III, 4,802 (98.99%)

Write-In (Miscellaneous), 49 (1.01%)

City of Trinity City Council

At-Large

Deborah Jacky, 2,263 (58.78%)

Tommy Johnson, 1,546 (40.16%)

Write-In (Miscellaneous), 41 (1.06%)

Ward 1

Paul Welborn, 3,465 (98.75%)

Write-In (Miscellaneous), 44 (1.25%)

Ward 3

Barry Allison, 1,164 (30.63%)

Jack Carico, 1,133 (29.82%)

Josh Fish, 1,032 (27.16%)

Charles (Chuck) Marsh, 444 (11.68%)

Write-In (Miscellaneous), 27 (0.71%)

US House District 9

Richard Hudson (R) 57,044 (77.32%)

Nigel William Bristow (D) 13,965 (18.93%)

Shelane Etchison (UNA) 2,763 (3.75%)

NC Senate Dist. 25

(won by Amy Scott Galey)

Amy Scott Galey (R) 19,415 (79.95%)

Donna Vanhook (D) 4,870 (20.05%)

NC Senate Dist. 29

(won by Dave Craven)

Dave Craven, Jr. (R) 38,609 (78.42%)

Kevin Clark (D) 10,627 (21.58%)

NC House Dist, 54

(Won by Joe Godfrey)

Joe Godfrey (R) 2,721 (73.05%)

Robert T. Reives II (D) 1,004 (26.95%

NC House Dist. 70

(won by Brian Biggs)

Brian Biggs (R) 33,482 (76.16%)

Susan Lee (Susie) Scott (D) 10,482 (23.84%)

NC House Dist. 78

(Won by Neal Jackson)

Neal Jackson (R) 21,530 (83.41%)

Lowell Simon (D) 4,283 (16.59%)

Randolph County vote totals in other key races:

US President

(won by Donald Trump)

Donald J. Trump (R) 59,112 (78.11%)

Kamala D. Harris (D) 15,873 (20.97%)

Chase Oliver (Lib) 180 (0.24%)

Write-In (Miscellaneous) 164 (0.22%)

Jill Stein (GRE) 160 (0.21%)

Randall Terry (CST) 119 (0.16%)

Cornel West (JFA) 73 (0.10%)

NC Governor

(won by Josh Stein)

Mark Robinson (R) 48,264 (65.27%)

Josh Stein (D) 21,808 (29.49%)

Mike Ross (LIB) 2,350 (3.18%)

Vinny Smith (CST) 872 (1.18%)

Wayne Turner (GRE) 651(0.88%)

NC Lt. Governor

(won by Rachel Hunt)

Hal Weatherman (R) 55,152 (74.16%)

Rachel Hunt (D) 17,102 (23.00%)

NC Attorney General

(won by Jeff Jackson)

Dan Bishop (R) 55,975 (75.32%)

Jeff Jackson (D) 18,344 (24.68%)

- Other NC Council of State winners were Auditor Dave Bolick (R), Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler (R), Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey (R), Commissioner of Labor Luke Farley (R), Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (D) and Superintendent of Public Schools Mo Green (D).

NC Constitutional Amendment (Citizens Only Voting) (Passed)

For 66,275 (92.08%)

Against 5,698 (7.92%)

NC Supreme Court Justice Seat 6 (won by Jefferson Griffin)

Jefferson G. Griffin (R) 56,428 (76.54%)

Allison Riggs (D) 17,293 (23.46%)

- NOTE: Overall, Griffin won the seat by roughly 8,000 votes of 5.5 million cast. A recount could happen but a change in outcome is not expected.)