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In a special post-election segment of WIZS Town Talk Wednesday at 11 a.m., local results dominated the discussion.
Even in the midst of a pandemic, enough Vance County voters cast ballots to top the 2016 election totals. According to the NC State Board of Elections, 71 percent (21,062 out of 29,702) of registered Vance County voters voted in the 2020 election versus 66 percent in 2016.
Locally, Democratic candidates emerged victorious. In the Vance County Board of Commissioners District 2 race, incumbent Archie B. Taylor, Jr. (DEM) defeated challenger Michael B. Fisher (UN). Taylor received 1,672 votes, or 60 percent, to Fisher’s 1,123 votes, or 40 percent.
With this win, Taylor maintains the position he has held with the Board since 2012.
In the District 3 NC Senate race, Vance County resident Thomas “Tommy” Hester, Jr. (REP) lost to Bertie County resident Ernestine Bazemore (DEM). Bazemore received 45,246, or 52 percent, of the votes to Hester’s 41,775, or 48 percent.
The District 3 seat represents Beaufort, Bertie, Martin, Northampton, Vance and Warren counties and consists of 85 precincts.
For the NC House of Representatives District 32 seat, Vance County resident and incumbent Terry E. Garrison (DEM) defeated David Woodson (REP) with 61 percent of the vote. Garrison received 23,967 votes to Woodson’s 15,221.
In the Vance Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor contest, B.K. Stainback defeated Charles E. Powell by a vote of 10,303 to 6,983.
Uncontested Vance County Seats:
Carolyn Faines (DEM) – Vance County Board of Commissioners District 1
Dorothy Williams Gooche (DEM) – Vance County Board of Commissioners District 3
Leo Kelly, Jr. (DEM) – Vance County Board of Commissioners District 5
Yolanda J. Feimster (DEM) – Vance County Board of Commissioners District 6
Edward Wilson (DEM) – Vance County Board of Education District 4
Linda Faye Cobb (DEM) – Vance County Board of Education District 5
Note: Election data is unofficial until all votes are canvassed by the respective Boards of Election. Percentages reported above were rounded to the nearest whole number.
To hear the interview in its entirety, go to WIZS.com and click on Town Talk.