County Election Results: Big pick-up for the Republicans
The N.C. Association of County Commissioners compiled the county commissioner election results. The full report is available here. The summary follows:
- Total number of commissioners: 578 (up from 576; Yancey expanded its board from 3 to 5)
- Number of winning Democrats: 296 (down from 350 in 2008)
- Number of winning Republicans: 276 (up from 221 in 2008)
- Unaffiliated:6 (up from 5)
- Boards with Democratic majorities: 50 (down from 64)
- Boards with Republican majorities: 49 (up from 36)
- Board with no majority: 1 (Jackson County has 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans and 1 unaffiliated)
In addition, 14 counties held sales tax votes. Voters in all 14 counties rejected county commissioners’ requests for sales tax increases. The results of those votes follow:
- Alamance — 71% opposed the tax increase, 29% voted in favor
- Alleghany — 71% opposed the tax increase, 29% voted in favor
- Bladen — 57% opposed the tax increase, 43% voted in favor
- Caswell — 65% opposed the tax increase, 35% voted in favor
- Cherokee — 83% opposed the tax increase, 17% voted in favor
- Chowan — 67% opposed the tax increase, 33% voted in favor
- Clay — 63% opposed the tax increase, 37% voted in favor
- Columbus — 62% opposed the tax increase, 38% voted in favor
- Guilford — 51% opposed the tax increase, 49% voted in favor
- Harnett — 79% opposed the tax increase, 21% voted in favor
- Montgomery — 71% opposed the tax increase, 29% voted in favor
- Orange — 51% opposed the tax increase, 49% voted in favor
- Person — 79% opposed the tax increase, 21% voted in favor
- Yadkin — 73% opposed the tax increase, 27% voted in favor
