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The behavior of the Walkers, Carolyn and Randy is shocking but not surprising. They may call themselves Republicans but they are still what they were most of their lives - functional Democrats. You can see it in how both of them govern. They are Undocumented Democrats. Carolyn Walker is trying to build herself a little power clique of liberals on the School Board. Randy votes with the Democrats on the county commission.

Even with their brand of deceptive politics, though, smearing conservative colleagues from other districts to voters, is beneath what I would have expected even from the Walkers.

Hickman and Rader have both been Republican leaders, both of them former county GOP chairmen and congressional district GOP chairmen, with deep roots in the GOP. The Walkers on the other hand are latecoming opportunists.

One remembers the grifting that Randy Walker did in his first GOP commissioner campaign (he had already tried and failed as a Democrat). He begged Hood Richardson to buy him signs, which Richardson came up with the money to do. Then he hired Ashley Woolard to run his internet ad campaign, and ended up stiffing Woolard not only for Woolard's own fee but also for the money Woolard advanced to buy the ads. That reflects the true character of the Walkers. They are not of character to be attacking others.

Commented: Thursday, March 5th, 2026 @ 9:55 pm By: Rino Hunter

When I hear about how these RINOs are ruining my county and my country, it makes me real mad.

Me and my buds will vote big in the November for the real Republicans.

Commented: Thursday, March 5th, 2026 @ 10:54 am By: William Bonney

RMB: The Beaufort County GOP not only did nothing about the county commission frauds they embraced them. Furthermore, they took every opportunity to shun the actual conservative Republicans, not only on the county commission but also in other positions. The local GOP is not looking after party interests. Rather they are operating as an exclusive club of opportunistic insiders. They do not work for the benefit of Beaufort County or for the benefit of Republican Party principles. They do way more harm than good.

Commented: Thursday, March 5th, 2026 @ 9:32 am By: Van Zant

Conservatives in Beaufort County need to get their act together. A lot of special interest money was in this campaign. Even so, I think Kidwell could have weathered the storm if he had not thrown his weight around in Beaufort County opposing local conservatives and allying with that corrupt Garris woman. In my mind he lost his race at that point.

Local conservatives need to come to some sort of understanding. Maybe we need to separate the wheat from the chaff and think about the big picture.

Commented: Thursday, March 5th, 2026 @ 8:58 am By: Van Zant

"Sadly evil is no longer hiding, its out in the open." - CountryGirl1411

CountryGirl1411, I understand your true words on a regular basis, and I see it everywhere: locally, at the state level, across our nation, and in our World at large.

It is incumbent as Christians that we not only humbly ask for our Saviour's grace, but we endeavor to improve His world by whatever good means available to eliminate evil as we can, for Satan exists among us, and we are his "Christian Soldiers" ... Eternally.

Commented: Thursday, March 5th, 2026 @ 8:14 am By: Stan Deatherage

Carolyn and Randy Walker are examples of politicians who cannot get elected in their own party so they fake it and put on a facade of being in the other party. Randy Walker ran for commissioner unsuccessfully as a Democrat, something he always had been and lost. Then he put on a facade as a "Republican" and won. But he still functions as a Democrat, voting mostly with the Democrats on the county commission.

Then there is Carolyn Walker. If you watch the school board meetings online, it is clear that she is the most vocal liberal on the board, much more so than the school board's only admitted Democrat, Eltha Booth. It is not surprising that she and Randy are out opposing the board's conservative members. In the Bath school district, I am told that she was telling board member Shreve that she supporeted him but was really helping one of his opponents, the former school teacher.

The Walkers are complete phonies, nothing but liberal political opportunists masquerading as Republicans. Yes, they do need to be successfully primaried next election by real Republicans. Given the misfires by the Conservative Club in this election, hopefully someone with more political skills will help a challenge. The Walkers need to go.

Commented: Thursday, March 5th, 2026 @ 7:13 am By: Conservative Voter

Thank you Stan. I do understand both sides of it. 50 years ago when I turned 18, my granddad told me I don't need a party telling my how to think, what to believe or how to vote, that I know my values and try to pick people as close to those values as possible. I have always been unaffiliated. After observing the GOP in Beaufort County and how they act I cannot see that changing.

When I moved to this area I went to register to vote at the court house was asked if I wanted to register democrat or republican, I said neither, the lady said I had to register one or the other I told her no I didn't she said you want to be unaffiliated and spit out the word like she had something nasty in her mouth, I said yes that's it thank you. I still laugh when I think of her look of discuss saying unaffiliated.

When I was an employee of Beaufort County years ago, my boss informed me I would have to register as a democrat or be fired. She said she had to, I told her no she didn't she chose to. I told her I would NOT change my voter registration and if I was fired over it I would go to every media outlet from Norfolk to Wilmington to Raleigh and tell exactly what happened Never heard another word about it.

As I said I am all in favor of the Republican party closing the voting to republicans only if they pay 100% of their closed primary and zero tax dollar are used. Even if they close it, I will chose not to change my registration. I will miss voting for strong conservatives in the primary, but I will still vote or with hold a lot of votes in the democrat primary as it will be hard to find anyone in that party that morally or spiritually I could vote for. Come November for me that is also going to be a problem, it will come down to the lesser of the two evils and sadly many that will be on the ballot in the general election, there will a lot of evil running. Sadly evil is no longer hiding its out in the open.

Commented: Thursday, March 5th, 2026 @ 4:56 am By: Countrygirl1411

Countrygirl1411: Bubba is right and you are right ... I will explain.

Bubba is right because our primary was greatly influenced by Democrats, who had switched to unaffiliated at some point in the past; the next step in intellectual fraud in this political paradigm, these Left leaning members of the electorate voted in the Republican primary did choose the most liberal Republican candidates on the ballot as their moderate champions. This sorry process has been, and is facilitated by a concerted effort by the RINO element here within the local GOP, and other extra non Conservative actors.

I knew there was a fix afoot by my observations of the mainstream weird at the polling places when I spoke with a small variety of the people I engaged in conversation, those people voting on the Republican ballot, thereby bringing forth a very unreal element to this decision making process of Republicans selecting their candidates. After the election, I studied the voting pattern of electing - who won and who lost - whereby there was an evident pattern that developed, and I am not the only person noticing its effect upon the selection process.

Countrygirl1411, you are right because the local Beaufort County GOP does messed up stuff like this to support their favored candidates. Since the local GOP is infested with RINOs and RINO Whisperers, they tend to support those Republicans that will 'work with Democratic Socialists to pass issues' important to their natures as the so-called Republicans they are destroying our local party.

Understanding this realty of this abhorrent process of recruiting fake Republicans, I see, first hand, its damage, and I am wise enough to understand the obvious; but, the conundrum remains: Why would one join the electorate as a registered Republican in Beaufort County? Has the local Beaufort County GOP given you, in particular, any reason to become such?

Countrygirl1411, unaffiliated voters like yourself must answer that question, and, I, for one, cannot make a salient, perfected argument for you to do so in favor of the local GOP, and become a Republican here in Beaufort County.

I became a Republican nearly 4 decades ago when that decision for me was much simpler. Being a Republican in the wake Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich made sense to me then. It makes great sense to me now becauses there are so many strong Republicans of honour and wisdom that transcends the common RINO and RINO Whisperer, where all of these great political figures have one strong trait in common - none of them are RINOs, nor do they tolerate such behavior as the political fraud that many of us know RINOism to be.

Commented: Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 @ 8:14 pm By: Stan Deatherage

I am very much looking forward to the general election in November. Newcomer Travis Martin, who ran an outstanding campaign for county commissioner, has now joined my campaign, and I am very much looking to soaring with great momentum in the November, 2026 election by working harder and smarter to win every Conservative vote available.

Commented: Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 @ 1:48 pm By: Stan Deatherage

Yeah, "Pay for Play" Berger will probably buy himself out of that jam, one way or another. Even worse, we will soon have our very own "Berger Boy" saying he "represents us" here in Beaufort County, but he will really be representing those special interest who bought him that seat.

And it brought back bad old memories to hear Davis' group at the polls bleating the tired old slogan so often used by the late 4 term leftwing Democrat governor Jim Hunt "for the children". Not only does Monica Davis use Democrat Party colors for her signs, but her supporters, who I understand were a group of teachers even recycle old Democrat slogans.

Commented: Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 @ 11:59 am By: Rino Hunter

Whatley is just another Tillis. I am afraid his money will win him the primary, although I hope Don Brown does. If it is Whatley, the only thing that will get my vote for him in November would be his getting Tillis to support the SAVE Act. Otherwise I will cast a protest vote for a third party or just leave that office blank on my ballot.

Commented: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 @ 7:11 am By: Rino Hunter