Election update

With voting complete, results from Tuesday’s election show that Landis voters overwhelmingly supported the water/sewer bonds, China Grove voters approved allowing liquor by the drink and Salisbury’s incumbents can get ready to begin their next terms in office. Complete results are:

Salisbury
City council (top 5)
Bill Burgin 1,713
William (Pete) Kennedy 1,763
Susan W. Kluttz. 2,033
Mark N. Lewis 1,564
Paul B. Woodson, Jr. 1,826
Laura R. Lyerly 1,072
Robert (Bob) Boone 557

China Grove
Mayor
Don Bringle 411
Allen Welter 155
City Council (top 2)
Lee Withers 302
Ronald A. Overcash 177
Charles Seaford 153
Jimmie Higgins 114
William L. Jordan 113
Roger Hosey 99
Jim Whitley 88
John G. Miller 40

ABC
For 341
Against 218

Cleveland
Mayor
James A. Brown 52
Commissioner (top 2)
John C. Bradford 52
Mary F. Fleming-Adkins 49
Max West 33

East Spencer
Mayor
Erma Smith Jefferies 108
John L. Rustin, Sr 52
Jimmie Daniel 41
Titus H. King, Sr. 30
Alderman (top 3)
John G. Noble, III 182
Theodore Gladden 176
Carlton Ellis 146
Deloris High 144
Robert A. Smith 108

Faith
Alderman (top 5)
Gary Gardner 30
Bill Johnson 36
W. Todd Peeler 32
Maxey Sanderson 25
Mark Shores 29

Granite Quarry
Alderman (top 3)
Jacob (Jake) Fisher, Jr. 158
Mary S. Ponds 163
Jim LaFevers 101
Bill Feather (write-in) 94

Kannapolis
City council (top 3)
Richard Anderson 129
Kenneth B. Geathers 117
Roger Haas 84
David A. Baucom 81
John K. Williams 46
Jim Harkins 42

Landis
Mayor
Dennis Brown 402
Alderman (top 2)
H. A. (Tony) Hilton 216
Ernest Dean Beck 180
Roger D. Safrit 175
George Lee Pless 162
William (Will) P. Beaver 145
Tony B. Corriher 73
C. J. Nickelson 49
Water
Yes 460
No 51
Waste
Yes 453
No 57

Rockwell
Mayor
Beau Taylor 240
Ryan Walker 90
Alderman (top 5)
Tim Draper 285
Chuck Bowman 261
Charles Wingerson 246
Jeannie Misenheimer 230
Bill Ridenhour 196
Timothy Justin Crews 185

Spencer
Mayor
Jody Everhart 342
Aldermen (top 6)
Jeff Morris 309
Kenneth W. Womble 296
Donnie Hinson 267
C. E. Spear 241
Scott Benfield (write-in) 232
Nick Bishop 201
David H. Smith 190
Lawrence Bolen 185