Unofficial 2019 municipal election results

Published 8:05 pm Tuesday, November 5, 2019

The following are unofficial results of the 2019 Beaufort County Municipal Elections. All totals remain unofficial until canvassing is completed Nov. 15. Winners are denoted with an asterisk. Total voter turnout county-wide was 22.36%, with 2,155 of 9,639 eligible voters participating.

 

Washington Mayor

*Mac Hodges — 1,197 (83.76%)

Marshall Thurmon — 223 (15.61%)

Write-in — 9 (0.63%)

 

Washington City Council (five seats)

*Donald Sadler — 933 (14.83%)

*Virginia Finnerty — 763 (12.13%)

*Richard Brooks — 729 (11.59%)

*Elizabeth (Betsy) Kane — 658 (10.46%)

**Roland Wyman — 621 (9.87%)

**William Pitt — 619 (9.84%)

Mike Renn — 597 (9.49 %)

Bobby Roberson — 563 (8.95%)

Doug Mercer — 417 (6.63%)

Darwin E. Woolard — 381 (6.06%)

Write-in — 11 (0.17%)

**In the Washington City Council race, less than 1% of the vote separated Roland Wyman and William Pitt, leaving the possibility for a recount.

 

Belhaven Mayor

*Ricky Credle — 230 (62.84%)

Greg Satterthwaite — 135 (36.89%)

Write-in — 1 (0.27%)

 

Belhaven Board of Aldermen West (One seat)

*Brenda Cherry — 223 (63.90%)

Bradford Linton — 126 (36.10%)

 

Belhaven Board of Aldermen East (Two seats)

*Nathan Van Nortwick — 182 (32.50%)

**Veronica Ward — 168 (30.00%)

**Myers Williams — 163 (29.11%)

Jimmie Southerland — 32 (5.71%)

James Lawler — 10 (1.79%)

Write-in — 5 (0.89%)

**In the Belhaven Board of Aldermen east end race, less than 1% of the vote separated Veronica Ward and Myers Williams, leaving the possibility for a recount.

 

Chocowinity Board of Commissioners (Two seats)

*Nathaniel Williams — 32 (59.26%)

*Casey Langley — 22 (36.10%)

 

Aurora Board of Commissioners (Two seats)

*Coley W. Jordan — 44 (36.97%)

*Tina Weatherly Taylor — 44 (36.97%)

W.C. Boyd — 26 (21.85%)

Write-in — 5 (4.20%)

 

Bath Mayor

* Jimmy Latham — 25 (100%)

 

Bath Board of Commissioners (Two seats)

*Keith Tankard — 22 (50.00%)

*John Taylor — 22 (50.00%)

 

Pantego Mayor

*Stuart Ricks — 31 (100%)

 

Pantego Board of Commissioners (Five seats)

*Chuck Williams — 29 (20.00%)

*Mart Benson — 27 (18.62%)

*Reid Gelderman — 27 (18.62%)

*Matthew Van Nortwick — 25 (17.24%)

**Chad Keech — 19 (13.10%)

**Robert Lilley — 18 (12.41%)

**In the Pantego Board of Commissioners race, less than 1% of the vote separated Chad Keech and Robert Lilley, leaving the possibility for a recount.

 

Washington Park Mayor

*Tom Richter — 81 (95.29%)

Write-in — 4 (4.71%)

 

Washington Park Board of Commissioners (Five seats)

*Jeffery Peacock — 74 (18.23%)

*Lee Bowen — 73 (17.98%)

*Patrick Nash — 69 (17.00%)

*Wade Dale — 67 (16.50%)

**Belinda Cowell — 61 (15.02%)

**Hatteras Brooks — 59 (14.53%)

Write-in — (0.74%)

**In the Washington Park Board of Commissioners race, less than 1% of the vote separated Belinda Cowell and Hatteras Brooks, leaving the possibility for a recount.