What does this mean??? Well, we still kept one of the incumbents as County Commissioner, but the one that seemed to be dead set and unmovable from his previous votes that have caused outrage in our community lost, Bill Kopp. I think that this was probably an upset for him and rather unexpected. Barfield, Thompson and Davis (the other incumbent) are now moving on to the County Commissioner seats. Hopefully this will bring some more balance, and maybe next time the Demecrats could give us more options because it looks as though they could have blown out all the Republican contenders, especially with all the controversy.
New Hanover County Races President 43 of 43 precincts reporting McCain/Palin 50,004 50.2% Obama/Biden (Winner-D) 48,588 48.8% Barr/Root 558 0.6% WRITE-IN 401 0.4% U.S. Senate 43 of 43 precincts reporting Kay Hagan (Winner-D) 52,403 53.5% Elizabeth Dole 41,595 42.5% Christopher Cole 3,856 3.9% WRITE-IN 52 0.1% U.S. House District 7 43 of 43 precincts reporting Mike McIntyre (Winner-D) 63,780 66.0% Will Breazeale 32,793 34.0% Governor 43 of 43 precincts reporting Bev Perdue (Winner-D) 48,250 49.5% Pat McCrory 45,164 46.3% Michael C. Munger 4,089 4.2% Lieutenant Governor 43 of 43 precincts reporting Robert Pittenger 45,661 48.1% Walter H. Dalton (Winner-D) 44,792 47.2% Phillip Rhodes 4,489 4.7% Attorney General 43 of 43 precincts reporting Roy Cooper (Winner-D) 55,221 58.8% Bob Crumley 38,645 41.2% Auditor 43 of 43 precincts reporting Leslie Merritt 46,024 50.6% Beth A. Wood (Winner-D) 45,011 49.4% Commissioner of Agriculture 43 of 43 precincts reporting Steve Troxler (Winner-R) 48,979 53.6% Ronnie Ansley 42,353 46.4% Commissioner of Insurance 43 of 43 precincts reporting Wayne Goodwin (Winner-D) 43,837 47.8% John Odom 42,519 46.4% Mark McMains 5,281 5.8% WRITE-IN 92 0.1% Commissioner of Labor 43 of 43 precincts reporting Cherie Berry (Winner-R) 48,748 53.3% Mary Fant Donnan 42,648 46.7% Secretary of State 43 of 43 precincts reporting Elaine F. Marshall (Winner-D) 49,011 53.4% Jack Sawyer 42,707 46.6% Superintendent of Public Instruction 43 of 43 precincts reporting June St. Clair Atkinson (Winner-D) 46,720 51.2% Richard Morgan 44,548 48.8% Treasurer 43 of 43 precincts reporting Janet Cowell (Winner-D) 45,542 50.0% Bill Daughtridge 45,540 50.0% N.C. Senate District 9 43 of 43 precincts reporting Julia Boseman (Winner-D) 49,980 51.6% Michael Lee 46,789 48.4% N.C. House District 16 17 of 17 precincts reporting Carolyn Justice 22,756 100.0% N.C. House District 18 13 of 13 precincts reporting Sandra Spaulding Hughes (Winner-D) 14,641 72.6% George J. Swart 5,523 27.4% N.C. House District 19 19 of 19 precincts reporting Danny McComas 31,110 100.0% County Commissioner 43 of 43 precincts reporting Jonathan Barfield, Jr. (Winner-D) 51,253 24.6% Jason R. Thompson (Winner-R) 46,763 22.4% Ted Davis, Jr. (Winner-R) 46,325 22.2% Bill Kopp 45,044 21.6% Brian Matthew Berger 19,329 9.3% Register of Deeds 43 of 43 precincts reporting Jennifer S. Hardison (Winner-D) 47,689 52.0% Tammy T. Beasley 43,998 48.0% Board of Education 43 of 43 precincts reporting Dorothy S. DeShields (Winner-D) 44,903 17.6% Elizabeth Redenbaugh (Winner-R) 43,987 17.2% Jeannette S. Nichols (Winner-R) 43,672 17.1% Jan Brewington 42,417 16.6% Pat Chappell 41,731 16.3% David G. Martin 38,623 15.1% Supreme Court Associate Justice (Edmunds Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting Robert H. (Bob) Edmunds, Jr. (Winner-R) 35,816 52.8% Suzanne Reynolds 31,963 47.2% Court of Appeals Judge (Martin Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting John C. Martin 53,987 100.0% Court of Appeals Judge (Wynn Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting James A. (Jim) Wynn (Winner-D) 33,054 50.9% Jewel Ann Farlow 31,897 49.1% Court of Appeals Judge (Tyson Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting Sam J. Ervin, IV (Winner-D) 36,254 56.1% Kristin Ruth 28,380 43.9% Court of Appeals Judge (McCullough Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting Cheri Beasley (Winner-D) 36,539 55.9% Doug McCullough 28,855 44.1% Court of Appeals Judge (Stephens Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting Linda Stephens (Winner-D) 36,348 56.5% Dan Barrett 27,998 43.5% Court of Appeals Judge (Arrowood Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting Robert N. (Bob) Hunter, Jr. (Winner-R) 33,921 54.2% John S. Arrowood 28,705 45.8% Superior Court Judge District 5A 14 of 14 precincts reporting Phyllis Gorham 16,541 100.0% District Court Judge District 5 (Carroll Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting John J. Carroll, III 57,342 100.0% District Court Judge District 5 (Corpening Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting J. H. Corpening, II 52,065 100.0% District Court Judge District 5 (Criner Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting Sandra Ray Criner (Winner-R) 45,475 65.3% Joy K. Alford-Brand 24,177 34.7% District Court Judge District 5 (Davis Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting Richard Russell Davis 52,010 100.0% District Court Judge District 5 (Noecker Seat) 43 of 43 precincts reporting Jeffrey E. Noecker 47,440 100.0% Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 43 of 43 precincts reporting David Thomas (Winner-Incumbent) 36,177 61.5% David Dowdy 21,898 37.3% WRITE-IN 705 1.2% Cape Fear Community College Bond 43 of 43 precincts reporting YES (Winner) 54,408 62.0% NO 33,346 38.0%
The Democratic incumbent for Board of Education stayed as did the Republican incumbent, but the third seat was taken by a Republican newbie. Obviously, when looking through the results it becomes obvious that a large majority of New Hanover citizens voted on the issues rather than straight ticket. We have a huge mix of Democrats and Republicans winning and although some of the Republicans who won in New Hanover did not win state or nationwide you can certainly see the eclectic mix here. Overall Democrats had a good election nationally, statewide, and county wide.
I will remain active in our county's politics and hopefully have regular updates. It may be awhile since things will die down for a little while. I will also continue my updates on Titan and NCFOM's push to legalize CPMs.
