Oxford Mayor Guillermo Nurse won re-election Tuesday, defeating challenger Jim Crawford by 251 votes.
The final count Tuesday night was 1,107 for Nurse – 56.31 percent – and 856 – 43.54 percent – for Crawford, according to unofficial results on the N.C. State Board of Elections website.
Karen McGhee, Scotty Brooks, Kate Kelly and S. Quon Bridges were the top four vote-getters to earn seats on the City of Oxford Commission.
Brooks and Bridges are incumbents; McGhee and Kelly are newcomers to the board.
Voter turnout for the Oxford municipal elections was just over 26 percent – 3,887 of 14,852 voters cast ballots, according to NCSBE.
McGhee got 1,198 votes, Brooks got 1,103, Kelly got 954 and Bridges got 911.
The other candidates for city commissioner were:
Martha Wrenn – 881 votes
Courtney Crudup – 719 votes
Sandra Compton – 662 votes
All results are unofficial until they are certified in the Nov. 14 canvass.
