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2009 Municipal Election - Unofficial Results
**BLADEN COUNTY
Bladenboro - Commissioner Ward 1 (Vote for 1)
Billy Ray Benson 48.31% 171
Rufus Duckworth 25.99% 92
Craig. R. Lennon 25.71% 91
East Arcadia - Commissioner (Vote for 2)
Willie Dixon 38.92% 65
Lillian L. Graham (I) 34.73% 58
Warren D. Graham (I) 25.75% 43
Write-in .60% 1
**BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Bald Head Island - Mayor
Larry Lammert (I) 49.32% 109
Andy Sayre 50.69% 112
Belville -Mayor
Jack Batson 52.22% 165
Chuck Thurlow (I) 47.15% 149
Belville - Commissioner (Vote for 2)
Mike Allen 37.01% 200
Buddie Ennis (I) 29.81% 161
Donna Schardien 32.41% 175
Boiling Spring Lakes- Mayor
Marty Kesmodel (I) 44.80% 495
Richard White 54.93% 607
Boiling Spring Lakes - Commissioner (Vote for 2)
Charlie Carroll 30.07% 621
Craig M. Caster (I) 35.25% 728
David Giera 14.96% 309
Teddy Holloman 19.18% 396
Write in .53% 11
Calabash - Commissioner (Vote for 3)
Simon Allen 5.10% 35
Emily M. Distasio (I) 16.91% 116
William (Bill) Dixon (I) 22.21% 153
Cecelia Herman (I) 16.33% 112
Joseph (Jody) Nance, Jr. 19.97% 137
Write-in 19.39% 133
Carolina Shores - Commissioner (Vote for 2)
G. G. (Gere) Dale (I) 11.28% 267
Joyce Dunn 45.48% 1,076
Walter B. Goodenough 42.68% 1,007
Write-in .68% 16
Caswell Beach - Commissioner (Vote for 2)
Toby J. Bronstein 16.58% 31
Marti Hardy 39.04% 73
George F. Kassler (I) 42.25% 79
Write-in 2.14% 4
Holden Beach - Commissioner (Vote for 5)
Don Glander (I) 17.74% 210
Ken Kyser (I) 16.98% 201
Ray S. Lehr (I) 17.57% 208
Sandy Miller (I) 16.39% 194
Peggy Schiavone 15.29% 181
Sheila Young 15.46% 183
Write-in .59% 7
Leland - Mayor
Bob Boynton 3.71% 60
Frank M. Bullara 31.07% 494
Walter B. Futch, Jr. (I) 65.03% 1,034
Write-in .13% 2
Leland - Council (Vote for 2)
Patricia Batleman 28.40% 826
Martha L. Currie 19.26% 560
Wendell Graham 5.78% 168
Mike Leggett 17.85% 519
Roy Lettieri 19.26% 560
Skip Wittkofsky 9.28% 270
Write-in .17% 5
Navassa - Mayor
Dorsey Jones, Jr. 27.06% 92
Eulis Willis (I) 72.94% 248
Navassa - Commissioner District 1 (Vote for 2)
Antonio (Tony) Burgess 27.33% 176
Jerry Lee Merrick (I) 28.57% 184
Tiffany L. Montgomery 20.65% 133
Melvin Walker 23.29% 150
Northwest - Mayor
Kim Brown 40.47% 87
Wayne Bryant .93% 2
James A. Knox (I) 58.14% 125
Oak Island - Mayor
Johnie Vereen (I) 42.68% 971
Betty Wallace 56.84% 1,293
Oak Island - Council (Vote for 2)
Richard D. Fortner 13.76% 608
Bill Johnson 15.30% 676
Tom Johnson 5.52% 244
Jim Medlin 17.45% 771
Dara F. Royal (I) 18.24% 806
Reece Simmons 12.36% 546
Bettie Thorne 17.24% 762
Write-in .14% 6
Sandy Creek - Council (Vote for 2)
Ray D. Barnhardt 34.69% 17
Glenn Marshall 18.37% 9
Patrick J. McDonagh (I) 42.86% 21
Write-in 4.08% 2
Shallotte- Mayor
Donald C. (Buddy) Kelly 67.01% 390
John Kinlaw 32.99% 192
Shallotte - Alderman (Vote for 2)
James E. (Jimmy) Bellamy 40.74% 429
Larry Harrelson (I) 33.62% 354
Michael Pease 25.07% 264
Write-in .57% 6
Southport - Mayor
Robert Howard 65.15% 602
Sandy Spencer (I) 34.85% 322
Southport - Alderman Ward 1 (Vote for 2)
Dan Allen 13.67% 211
Todd Coring 27.18% 421
Ken Karn 29.37% 455
Mary Ellen Watts Poole 29.44% 456
Write-in .39% 6
St. James -Council (Vote for 3)
Dennis Becker 28.01% 1,048
Rebecca Dus 24.24% 907
William Franko 5.26% 197
Bob Morrow (I) 25.36% 949
Gary E. Tagtmeyer (I)
Sunset Beach -Mayor
Rich Cerrato 46.40% 767
Ronald Klein (I) 53.24% 880
Write-in .36% 6
Sunset Beach -Council (Vote for 3)
Edward Apalinski 15.96% 735
Lou DeVita (I) 17.11% 788
Karen Joseph 26.12% 1,203
Carol Scott 30.05% 1,384
Len Steiner (I) 10.68% 492
Write-in .09% 4
Varnamtown- Alderman (Vote for 2)
Ada McDonald (I) 33.69% 94
Arthur Robbins 15.41% 43
George Ennis Swain (I) 33.69% 94
Oneal (Knot) Varnam 16.85% 47
Write-in .36% 1
Brunswick Regional Water & Sewer Commission (Vote for 3)
Carl Antos (I) 25.56% 1,155
Bill Browning (I) 23.50% 1,062
Jeff Gaskill 25.27% 1,142
Bobby Johnston 25.40% 1,148
Write-in .27% 12
Dosher Hospital Board of Trustees (2 Seats)
Debbie Barnes 30.82% 1,955
Gretchen Bodinsky 18.98% 1,204
Don Hughes 28.03% 1,788
Bill Sizemore 21.96% 1,393
Write-in .22% 14
**COLUMBUS COUNTY
Boardman - Council (Vote for 5)
Tevis Britt 17.62% 34
Carolyn B. Sealey 13.99% 27
James (Jimmy) Smith 16.06% 31
Minnie Turbeville 17.62% 34
Crystal Wilkerson 16.58% 32
Larry Williamson 17.10% 33
Write-in 1.04% 2
Bolton - Alderman (Vote for 2)
Daniel Lee Brown 42.19% 100
Atlas Cooper 17.72% 42
Gary Graham 13.92% 33
Pearl Mills 25.74% 61
Write-in .42% 1
Brunswick - Commissioner (Vote for 3)
Sheila A. Collins 43
Clay Hagood 12
Minnie Blackman Hill 57
Nancy L. Hill 64
Phyllis J. Jones 51
Alonzo R. McArthur 59
Shirley Jarman Moore 46
Cerro Gordo - Council (Vote for 3)
Eloise J. Bulloch 30.00% 33
Laura Williamson Burney 16.36% 18
Jeffrey Talmadge Greene 25.45% 28
Wilbur Powell 28.18% 31
Chadbourn - Council (Vote for 2)
Philip Honeycutt 36.19% 186
Billy Leonard 29.57% 152
Edwin Roberts 4.28% 22
Rashad J. Roberts 29.38% 151
Write-in .58% 3
Fair Bluff - Mayor
Spruell R. Britt 49.34% 187
Chris Scott 49.87% 189
Write-in .79% 3
Fair Bluff - Commissioner (Vote for 3)
Lester Drew 27.43% 271
Clarice Vereen Faison 27.23% 269
Billy Hammond 24.49% 242
Rodney L. Singletary 20.45% 202
Write-in .40% 4
Lake Waccamaw - Mayor
Harry Foley 48.76% 235
Ivan D. Wilson 50.83% 245
Write-in .41% 2
Lake Waccamaw Commissioner - West Ward
Frank Carroll 40.38% 193
Bob Crutchfield 59.00% 282
Write-in .63% 3
Lake Waccamaw - Tax Referendum #1 (3 cents per $100 of property for 3 years, to build Recreation/Senior Center)
For 25.79% 123
Against 74.21% 354
Lake Waccamaw - Tax Referendum #2 (no restrictions on amount or time, to operate/maintain Center)
For 16.84% 80
Against 83.16% 395
Sandyfield - Mayor
Perry Dixon 47.34% 80
Garry A. Keaton 52.07% 88
Sandyfield - Council
Randolph Freeman 30.61% 90
Joe W. Smith 27.21% 80
Write-in 42.18% 124
Tabor City - Council (Vote for 2)
Michael W. Chestnut 213
David E. Mincey 296
Doris A. Strickland 105
Mitchell D. Ward 313
Whiteville - Council District 1 (Vote for 2)
Tim Blackmon 34.99% 360
Bill Memory 21.19% 218
Vickie Pait 30.03% 309
Joshua W. Ray 10.01% 103
Julius Ryan 1.46% 15
Alexander Lesesne Shaw 1.75% 18
Write-in .58% 6
**PENDER COUNTY
Burgaw - Mayor
Kenneth T. (Pete) Cowan (I) 53.89% 256
Elaine B. Tyson 46.11% 219
Topsail Beach - Commissioner (Vote for 3)
Julian Bone 18.51% 139
Ed Broadhurst 17.44% 131
Grier Fleischhauer 17.71% 133
Bobby Humphrey (I) 17.04% 128
William Johnson 15.05% 113
Ray Strader (I) 14.25% 107
St. Helena - Council (Vote for 2)
Neil Benton 38.37% 33
Jimmy Davis 40.70% 35
Jim Milam 19.77% 17
Write-in 1.16% 1
Surf City - Council (Vote for 2)
Michael H. Curley (I) 42.71% 252
Doug Medlin (I) 42.88% 253
Martha (Marti) Quinn 13.39% 79
Write-in 1.02% 6
Watha - Commissioner (Vote for 3)
Joseph Craig 18.52% 20
Amos David Garriss Jr. (I) 29.63% 32
Needham C. Hall 22.22% 24
James F. Pierce (I) 29.63% 32
**NEW HANOVER COUNTY
Wilmington - Mayor
Bill Saffo (I) 60.73% 8,368
Paul Knight 38.67% 5,329
Wilmington - City Council (Vote for 3)
Margaret Haynes (I) 11.36% 4,311
Michael DeHart 10.85% 4,120
Ben McCoy 9.60% 3,668
Kevin O'Grady 11.59% 4,399
Jim Quinn (I) 9.19% 3,489
Charlie Rivenbark 13.75% 5,221
Earl Sheridan (I) 13.62% 5,170
Justin LaNasa 7.64% 2,902
Dana Page 2.65% 1,005
Susan Clarke 6.03% 2,291
Ricky Meeks 3.50% 1,328
Carolina Beach - Town Council (Vote for 2)
Robert Lewis 27.81% 569
Alicia Lachance 24.10% 493
Alan Gilbert (I) 20.97% 429
Lonnie Lashley 26.78% 548
Kure Beach - Mayor
Dean Lambeth 51.72% 376
Jim Vatrt 47.73% 347
Kure Beach - Town Council (Vote for 2)
Craig Scott Galbraith 31.16% 402
Chuck Keener 35.74% 461
Tim Fuller 32.48% 417
Wrightsville Beach - Mayor
David Cignotti 53.87% 438
Stephen Whalen (I) 45.76% 372
Wrightsville Beach - Board of Alderman (Vote for 2)
Walter DeVries 17.04% 263
Susan Howell Collins 29.75% 459
Ed Miastkowski 20.22% 312
Bill Sisson 24.17% 373
James Smith 8.68% 134
