ELECTION DAY: Democrats win three available seats on Wilmington City Council

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - One of two incumbents running for Wilmington City Council won another term during Tuesday’s municipal elections.

Kevin Spears finished third in a race for the three available seats while fellow incumbent Neil Anderson finished fourth.

David Joyner led the voting with 8,538 while Salette Andrews was second with 8,099.

“I think that starts with a lot of conversations around what we can do about environmentalism on city council,” Joyner said. “I ran on the platform of public safety, and of environmentalism protecting our tree canopy, preserving our wetlands, and cleaning up our water systems so I want to get to work on this really quickly.”

The three top finishers are Democrats.

The vote totals are unofficial until they are canvassed by county election officials.

Incumbent mayor Bill Saffo was running unopposed.

Full election results can be found here.

Democrats sweep three open seats on Wilmington City Council

Carolina Beach

Lynn Barbee is on his way to a second term as Carolina Beach mayor.

According to unofficial numbers Tuesday night, Barbee led the way with 1,001 votes while Michelle Alberda followed with 828.

“Our focus over the next couple years will be exactly continuing the plans we have in place - focusing on infrastructure, quality of life, amenities for our residents,” Barbee said.

The vote totals are unofficial until they are canvassed by county election officials.

In the race for Carolina Beach Town Council, incumbent Deb LeCompte (1,627) and Jay Healy led the voting (1,263) for the two available seats.

“The town showed up for me tonight, just like I show up for my town and I am so grateful,” LeCompte said.

Wrightsville Beach

Darryl Mills beat out Henry Temple in the Wrightsville Beach mayor race Tuesday night.

The vote totals are unofficial until they are canvassed by county election officials.

Unofficial results in for races in Carolina Beach and Kure Beach

Southport

Joe Pat Hatem and Rich Alt are in a tight race to become mayor of Southport.

Hatem, the incumbent, holds a slim 833-830 lead over Alt with the unofficial results on Tuesday night.

Vote totals will become official once county election officials conduct a canvass.

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Chadbourn

Phillip Britt will continue to serve as mayor of Chadbourn.

Britt (168) defeated Myles Cartrette (133) and Ruth Ann Haynes (34) on Tuesday in the unofficial results.

In a close race for Chadbourn Town Council that featured five candidates, Tony Jordan, Danny Clewis, and Colene Kelly Faulk led the way for the three available seats.

Atkinson

Atkinson will have a new mayor after Jason Spivey defeated incumbent Elton Newkirk Sr., 45-29, on Tuesday.

The vote totals are unofficial until they are canvassed by county election officials.

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Surf City

Teresa Batts was elected as mayor of Surf City after garnering 66 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results.

“Well, we have to work on our infrastructure for sure,” Batts said. “Our water and sewer infrastructure, our beach nourishment, our parks, got a new skate park coming in that all our kids in Surf City and our adults are going to enjoy.”

Alicia Hawley, Trudy Solomon and John Koloski won the three available seats on the Town Council.

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