Hal Weatherman
Tuesday’s run-offs for the Republican Party’s nominee in the North Carolina Lieutenant Governor and Auditor races drew 152 total Graham County voters to the polls.
Hal Weatherman and Jack Clark both resoundingly carried Graham, with Clark besting Dave Boliek 81-50 for the state auditor nomination; and Weatherman easily defeating Jim O’Neill in the chase for lieutenant governor, 132-18.
Statewide, Weatherman earned the nod with 74.41 percent to O’Neill’s 25.59; Boliek edged Clark, 53.26 percent-46.74.
No local races were on the second primary ticket.
Three seats each are up for grabs on the Graham County boards of commissioners and education. Of the five incumbents who filed for re-election, only three advanced to the Nov. 5 general ballot: school board chair Rodney Nelson, as well as
commissioners Lynn Cody and Connie Orr.
Emerging from the crowded March 5 Republican primary as the top vote-getter in the commissioner race was Meggan Smith, who received 1,173 nods of approval. Cody finished second, with 807 votes; Orr had 754 votes in her favor.
Incumbents Jonathan Allison and Pam Knott will end their service on the board of education after November, as Eddie Howell (1,210 votes) and Corey Snider (1,153) finished atop the primary ballot. Nelson received the third-most votes: 993.
Local November races will see the addition of Robert Anderson (Unaffiliated) to the options for board of education; as well as Machelle Crisp (Democrat) and Thomas Menard (Unaffiliated) in the chase for a commissioner seat.