Pitt County Election Results - unofficial

Pitt County Election Results

State Wide-Election Results

Senator Barack Obama beat Senator Hillary Clinton in the North Carolina Presidential primary race; North Carolina has 115 delegates.

State Sen. Kay Hagan defeated five others to win the US Senate race and will face Dole in the fall.

Democrat Craig Weber will face Republican Rep. Walter Jones in November in a rematch of their 2006 general election showdown for US Congress District three.

Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue had 56 percent of the vote to win the Democratic govenor's race. She beat State Treasurer Richard Moore, who had 39 percent. Retired Air Force Col. Dennis Nielsen of Nash County was third with 4 percent.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR - Walter H. Dalton received 52% of votes in Pitt County , 45% Statewide

Pitt County Commissioner Melvin McLawhorn earned victory in the District A commissioner's race during Tuesday's primary election, winning 14 of the 16 precincts in District A, and finished with 4,753 of the 6,677 total votes in the district. The duo tied in Greenville Precinct 8B, and Walton won Greenville Precinct 7B.

Mayor Don Davis won the state Senate District 5 Democratic Party race with 35.78 percent of the votes to Taft's 24 percent in a district that includes Greene County and parts of Pitt and Wayne counties. Four other candidates divided the remaining votes.

Under North Carolina election law, a candidate who wins with less than 40 percent of the vote can be challenged in a runoff by the second-place candidate. Kathy Taft plans to ask for a run off.

State Senate, District 3: Clark Jenkins was leading challengers Henry Williams II and Shelly Willingham. Jenkins with two of three counties reporting. Jenkins logged 50.60 percent of the vote, while Willingham picked up 41.19 percent. Williams rounded out the voting with 8.21 percent.

State House, District 8: Edith Warren defeated challenger Ronnie Smith. Warren 61.07 percent of the vote; Williams, 38.93 percent

 

 

Pitt County School Board Results

Pitt County Board of Education will have three new members this December.

Jennifer Little defeated incumbent Betsy Leech to win a seat on the school board

Mary Blount-Williams who defeated incumbent Sidney Scott,

Benjie Forrest won over Leon Johnson in the District 6B race.

Barbara Owens, Jill Camnitz and Ralph Love were re-elected to their seats on the school board.

The North Carolina Democratic Party has adopted its plan for selecting delegates and alternates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention to be held August 25-28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.North Carolina has been allocated 134 delegates and 19 alternates to the convention.

Individuals seeking election to any of these slots must file a Notice of Candidacy and Statement of Presidential Preference with the North Carolina Democratic Party by the established deadlines.

The North Carolina Democratic Party is pledged to send an equal number of men and women to the national convention and to work for representation from traditionally underrepresented groups within the Party.

For a copy of the 2008 Delegate Selection Plan and online submission of Notice of Candidacy, please click here, or call the state party in Raleigh at (919) 821-2777 x301 or (800) 229-3367.