Primary 2014 results
Published 1:08 am Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Results across the Roanoke-Chowan area are unofficial at this hour as voters in Bertie, Gates, Hertford and Northampton counties cast ballots in Tuesday’s 2014 North Carolina Primary.
The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald has compiled county-by-county totals for the R-C region, concentrating on the local and district races that will impact our future.
According to the unofficial numbers, two local incumbents failed to maintain their seats in the North Carolina General Assembly. Incumbent House District 5 Representative Annie Mobley (3,655 votes) was defeated by current Hertford County Commissioner Howard Hunter III (5,236 votes). Hunter earns the Democratic Party’s nomination and moves to face Republican Sidney Pierce III of Gatesville in November’s General Election where the winner will represent House District 5 (Bertie, Gates, Hertford and Pasquotank counties).
In a three-way race for State Senate District 3, six-term incumbent Clark Jenkins of Tarboro (8,718) failed to earn another term as he was defeated by Northampton County educator and School Board member Erica Smith-Ingram (10,550 votes combined in the 8-county Senate District). Alan Mizelle of Windsor tallied 2,545 votes in that race.
In a highly competitive race for the District Attorney’s seat in the newly combined Judicial District 6, Valerie Asbell (11,213 unofficial votes) defeated Melissa Pelfrey (9,644). Asbell is the current DA of District 6B (Bertie, Hertford and Northampton), while Pelfrey serves District 6A (Halifax) as DA. Those two Districts will merge effective Jan. 1, 2015.
In NC House District 27 (Halifax and Northampton counties), incumbent Michael Wray of Gaston (8,434 votes) defeated Franklin D. Williams Jr. of Weldon (6,107 votes).
The unofficial results are as follows:
Bertie County
House District 5
Howard Hunter III – 1,883
Annie Mobley – 1,314
Senate District 3
Erica Smith-Ingram – 1,478
Alan Mizelle – 861
Clark Jenkins – 822
District Attorney
Valerie Asbell – 2,687
Melissa Pelfrey – 667
Commissioner District 2
John Davis – 1,604
James Clemons – 1,227
Rick Harrell – 536
Commissioner District 3
Tammy Lee – 2,718
Wallace Perry – 681
Commissioner District 5
Ernestine Bazemore – 1,905
Charles Smith – 1,376
Clerk of Court
Vasti James – 2,154
Arthur Watford Jr. – 1,165
Quarter-Cent
Sales Tax Referendum
For – 1,090
Against – 2,374
Gates County
House District 5
Howard Hunter III – 812
Annie Mobley – 606
Commissioner – Gates District
Ray Freeman III – 600
Marsha Faulk Langston – 446
Lee (Moe) Brooks Jr. – 432
Commissioner – Gatesville District
Jack Owens – 780
Thomas Langston – 651
Sheriff (Republican Primary)
James (Gary) Ingram – 254
Johnny Dwayne Wiggins – 80
Board of Ed – District 1
Daniel L. Dickerson – 883
Cindy Smith Barber – 875
Board of Ed – District 3
Glendale Boone – 1,372
Board of Ed – District 5
Leslie S. Byrum – 1,424
District Attorney
Nancy Lamb – 860
Kathryn P. Fagan – 431
Hertford County
House District 5
Howard Hunter III – 2,198
Annie Mobley – 813
Senate District 3
Erica Smith-Ingram – 1,582
Clark Jenkins – 800
Alan Mizelle – 378
District Attorney
Valerie Asbell – 2,608
Melissa Pelfrey – 425
Northampton County
House District 27
Michael Wray – 2,682
Franklin D. Williams Jr. – 1,803
Senate District 3
Erica Smith-Ingram – 2,627
Clark Jenkins – 1,233
Alan Mizelle – 321
District Attorney
Valerie Asbell – 2,772
Melissa Pelfrey – 1,744
Sheriff
Jack Smith – 3,247
Brenda Burnette – 1,325
Commissioner District 5
Fannie Greene – 2,859
Jason Moore – 1,341
Board of Education
(top 3 earn seats)
Lucy Edwards – 2,547
Kelvin Edwards – 2,514
Rhonda Taylor – 1,947
Keedra Whitaker – 1,789
Becky Turner – 1,608
Richie Harding – 860
Julius Webb – 705
Mixed Beverage Referendum
For – 3,072
Against – 1,651