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 | | David Morrow (left) and Kelvin Phillips spent a few nervous Hours at the Board Of Elections office.(Photo by Derek McKissock) |
It was a good day for the
Republican incumbents running for re-election to the Transylvania County Board of Commissioners Tuesday, as they led the pack in unofficial returns for the primary election.
There are three open seats to be decided in the general election.
The top vote getter was incumbent Chairman Jason Chappell, followed by incumbent and Vice Chairman Kelvin Phillips.
The third spot went to Mike Hawkins, a former commissioner, who narrowly defeated David Morrow.
Morrow led Hawkins for most of the night as returns came in, but the tide turned at the end of the evening, and Hawkins ended up 42 votes ahead of Morrow. [MORE] |
Commissioner Candidates Chosen
 | | Sara Champion |
Democrats Sarah Champion, Karla Atkinson and Parker Pace will be going on to the November election for county commissioner.
Champion, Atkinson and Pace beat out Keith Keller and Don Ashworth for the three spots that will be on the ballot in November.
With all precincts counted, Champion, a former member of the Brevard City Council, came in first with 3,433 votes.
“I’m very excited about the victory, and I believe we all have a tremendous opportunity in November,” she said, [MORE] |
County Sides With Clinton
North Carolina state primary for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, but he didn’t fare as well in Transylvania County, which threw its support to his opponent, Hillary Clinton, on Tuesday.
Statewide, Obama won 56 percent of the vote and tallied 897,017 votes compared to Clinton’s 660,747 votes.
Perhaps helped by several campaign visits to western North Carolina, Clinton took 52.82 percent of the vote in Transylvania, to 44.71 percent for Obama. In the county, she tallied 3,138 votes compared to Obama’s 2,656.
John McCain, who is already assured of the Republican nomination for president, took 72 percent of the vote in Transylvania, getting 2,099 votes. [MORE]McCroy To Take On Perdue
Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory won the Republican nomination for governor Tuesday and will face Democratic Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue in November.
McCrory received 233,877 votes statewide, but he received only 481 votes in Transylvania County, coming in a distant second to Fred Smith with 1,411. Smith came in second statewide with 186,402.
The following is a breakdown of the other candidates in the Republican governor race: Robert Orr, 423 (34,104); Bill Graham, 394 (46,800); and E. Powers, 39 (4,451).
In Transylvania County, Perdue also came in second, receiving 2,483 (845,698) to Richard Moore, 2,603 (601,071).
In third place was Dennis Nielsen, 339 (60,653). [MORE]College's New Automotive Services Program Seeking Students
Mark Todd, Staff Writer 09.MAY.08
The staff of Blue Ridge Community College’s Transylvania Center is looking for a few good men and women to sign up for the new automotive services program that will be offered on campus starting Aug. 21.
Interviews are already being held with prospective students twice a week in Brevard, according to Chris English, who will be in charge of the program.
Construction is nearing completion at the new Applied Technology building at the Transylvania Center that will house a full range of new course offerings, including automotive services and nursing.
English, who has been teaching automotive technology on the main BRCC campus in Flat Rock, will be coming to Brevard as lead instructor. [MORE]
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