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Municipal Elections Held, Recount Possible

Published: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 @ 3:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage ( More Entries )

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    It was all over before 8:00 pm at the Beaufort County Board of Election this off-year Municipal election. With an anemically low turnout, and the new and improved equipment for processing votes, the Beaufort County Board of Elections finished up in time where one could still make their supper date, then get home and watch prime time TV.

    Washington's City Council had one change: Councilman Gil Davis was defeated, and former Councilman Richard Brooks was elected in his place. Newcomers Loyd May and Rick Gagliano ran strong races, but did not prevail in this election with so little electorate participation.

    As per Beaufort County Board of Elections Supervisor Kellie Hopkins made mention that the election was so close that Councilman Davis could petition for a recount. His vote total was within the tolerance of 1%. Lloyd May, at 13 votes shy of victory, may possibly have cause to request for the "recount," depending on the official vote totals due by Tuesday, November 15, 2011. As of this publication, no recount had been called by either party.

Beaufort County Board of Elections Supervisor Kellie Hopkins calculates the possibility of a recount. photo by Stan Deatherage The other election of consequence this day was the challenge that Belhaven Mayor Adam O'Neal faced from challenger Ronald Winfield. Mayor O'neal won in a political landslide by attaining nearly 61% of the vote. Also on the ballot for the citizens of Belhaven was the Town of Belhaven Town Charter Amendment Referendum, which is a recent "local bill" passed in the General Assembly to allow the citizens of Belhaven to collectively petition for a recall election. To request the recall election, certain conditional provisions will need to be cleared, and the Town of Belhaven will be responsible for paying for the entire cost of the election.

The results of the election here below:

Candidate	Municipal Race	Vote %	Votes

James G. (Jimmy) Latham	Bath Mayor	100%	36

Keith Tankard	Bath Commissioner, top two	52.17%	36
John A. Taylor	Bath Commissioner	47.83%	33

Patricia (Trisha) Duffer	Bath Commissioner, unexpired term	97.80%	31


Adam W. O'Neal	Belhaven Mayor	60.91%	335
Ronald Winfield	Belhaven Mayor	39.09%	215

Walt Allen	Belhaven Alderman East End, top two	17.61%	175
Vic Cox	Belhaven Alderman East End	32.60%	324
Karen Fisher	Belhaven Alderman East End	18.31%	182
Cindy Ross	Belhaven Alderman East End	31.49%	313

Thomas Ballard	Belhaven Alderman West End, top one	37.96%	205
Robert L. Stanley	Belhaven Alderman West End	61.85%	334


M. L. Dunbar	Chocowinity Commissioner, top two	50.00%	17
Arlene D. Jones	Chocowinity Commissioner	50.00%	17


Glenda A. Jackson	Pantego Mayor	100.00%	21

Matt Benson	Pantego Commissioner, top five	21.65%	21
Richard S. Craig	Pantego Commissioner	20.62%	20
Robert Floyd Edwards	Pantego Commissioner	21.65%	21
Chad Keech	Pantego Commissioner	14.43%	14
Stuart Edwin Ricks	Pantego Commissioner	21.65%	21


Archie Jennings	Washington Mayor	98.85%	863

Richard Brooks	Washington Council Member, top five	11.80%	559
Gil Davis	Washington Council Member	11.73%	556
Rick Gagliano	Washington Council Member	10.32%	489
Lloyd May	Washington Council Member	11.52%	546
Doug Mercer	Washington Council Member	13.53%	641
Ed Moultrie	Washington Council Member	14.04%	665
William Pitt	Washington Council Member	12.68%	601
Bobby E. Roberson	Washington Council Member	14.23%	674


Thomas B. Richter	Washington Park Mayor	100.00%	44

Lee Bowen	Washington Park Commissioner, top five	20.50%	41
Patrick Nash	Washington Park Commissioner	18.00%	36
Jim Pagnani	Washington Park Commissioner	18.50%	37
Jeff Peacock	Washington Park Commissioner	22.00%	44
Don Wilkinson	Washington Park Commissioner	20.50%	41


Amendment Rererendum	Belhaven Town Charter (changed to allow recall elections)

For		57.17%	295
Against		42.83%	221