May Primary Election Results for Macon County

Here are the results of the local races in Macon County from last night:


Macon County Commissioners

District 1 Democrat	Percentage of Votes	Number of Votes
Allan (Ricky) Bryson	57.28%	1,047
Michael David Rogers	42.72%	781

District 1 Republican	Percentage of Votes	Number of Votes
Brian McClellan	56.39%	997
Jimmy Tate	43.61%	771

The top two advance to the General Election in November to face Charles Leatherman and Ronnie Haven.

District 2 Democrat	Percentage of Votes	Number of Votes
Ronnie Beale	38.93%	1,252
Bob Simpson	31.75%	1,021
Carroll Poindexter	29.32%	943

Sheriff Race


Winner faces Sheriff Robbie Holland in the General Election

Sheriff Democrat	Percentage of Votes	Number of Votes
George Lynch	52.02%	965
Richard Davis	41.83%	776
Ricky DeHart	6.15%	114

You can explore the results in the races for yourself on the NC State Board of Elections results webpage. When the results page goes into archive, you can find the results from the landing page.


Commentary


This was the first time I had gone down to the County Courthouse to watch the returns. The Macon County IT Department had all their ducks in a row and the Board of Elections people were very professional and helpful.