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Vote canvass, judicial recount confirm local election results
By Carey Phillips
The recent vote canvass by the Jackson County Board of Elections confirmed the results of the Nov. 7 voting.
The Board of Elections also conducted a recount of the Court of Appeals race between incumbent Linda Stephens and Donna Stroud. The recount showed Stephens carried Jackson County 4,793-3,030. However, Stroud was confirmed as the statewide winner by a narrow margin.
Of 49 provisional votes cast on election day, 25 were counted, according to Elections Director Lisa Lovedahl.
In addition to rechecking results from voting machines, the recount involved hand counting those provisional ballots along with transfers, mail-in absentees and curbside votes, Lovedahl said. The minor changes discovered are believed to be from curbside votes, she said.
Official Jackson County vote totals from contested partisan races include:
U.S. Congress District 11 – Democrat Heath Shuler, 6,283; Republican Charles Taylor, 4,212.
State Senate District 50 – Democrat John Snow, 7,124; Republican Ken McKim, 3,640.
State House District 119 – Democrat Phil Haire, 6,655; Republican Marge Carpenter, 4,083.
District Attorney, District 30 – Democrat Mike Bonfoey, 6,276; Republican Donna Forga, 4,267.
County Commissioner District 4 – Democrat Mark Jones, 6,630; Republican Geoff Higginbotham, 3,740.
Register of Deeds – Democrat Joe Hamilton, 7,068; Unaffiliated Shirley Crowe, 2,222.
Results of non-partisan contested races other than Stephens-Stroud include:
Supreme Court Chief Justice – Sarah Parker, 5,448; Rusty Duke, 2,911.
Supreme Court Associate Justice – Mark Martin, 4,686; Rachel Lea Hunter, 3,558.
Supreme Court Associate Justice – Patricia Timmons-Goodson, 4,639; Eric Levinson, 3,316.
Supreme Court Associate Justice – Robin Hudson, 4,010; Ann Marie Calabria, 3,927.
Court of Appeals – Bob Hunter, 4,885; Kris Bailey, 3,087.
Results of partisan uncontested races include:
County Commissioner Chairman – Democrat Brian McMahan, 7,234.
County Commissioner District 1 – Democrat William Shelton, 7,337.
County Commissioner District 2 – Democrat Tom Massie, 7,264.
County Commissioner District 3 – Democrat Joe Cowan, 7,013.
Sheriff – Democrat Jimmy Ashe, 8,424.
Clerk of Court – Democrat Ann Melton, 8,163.
Results of non-partisan uncontested races included:
District Court Judge – Steve Bryant, 5,959.
District Court Judge – Danny Davis, 5,970.
District Court Judge – Brad Letts, 5,810.
Soil and Water Conservation Supervisor (two seats) – Doug Parker, 5,608; John Wittekind, 5,390.
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