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As of 10:48pm and with 23 of 23 precincts reporting in completely, here’s Onslow’s tally:
Board of Commissioners:
Democrats:

Donald Clinger (DEM)

11.04%
3,518

Tony Padgett (DEM)

18.96%
6,044

Tommy Parkhurst (DEM)

12.20%
3,887

William T. Rouse, Jr. (DEM)

13.15%
4,190

Don Sweeting (DEM)

12.81%
4,083

Ernie Wright (DEM)

17.81%
5,678

John Burns (DEM)

14.03%
4,473

31,873

Republicans:

Glenn Camp (REP)

6.25%
1,504

Delma Collins (REP)

7.96%
1,914

Kenny Flanagan (REP)

4.62%
1,111

Barbara Melton Ikner (REP)

11.76%
2,828

W. C. Jarman (REP)

8.46%
2,035

Jeff Jones (REP)

8.02%
1,929

Bill Keller (REP)

8.97%
2,159

Michael M. Lowdermilk (REP)

5.38%
1,294

Lionell Midgett (REP)

8.37%
2,014

Richard L. Ray (REP)

5.98%
1,438

Donald R. Shipley (REP)

3.88%
934

John C. Williams (REP)

3.76%
904

Jack Bright (REP)

8.03%
1,932

Paul Buchanan (REP)

8.56%
2,060

24,056

Board of Education:

Jeff Brown

12.29%
6,151

Margaret E. Brown

17.18%
8,596

Robert B. Gaskins

10.57%
5,292

Jay Hodges

6.59%
3,298

Fred Holt

11.26%
5,633

Curtis [...]

May 6th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, Delma Collins, Democrats, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Jack Bright, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Lionell Midgett, Martin Aragona, Jr (Rep Candidate), NC House 14, NC House 15, NC-03, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Board of Education, Onslow County Register of Deeds, Onslow County, NC, Paul Buchanan, Politics | Leave a comment

It’s Primary Day in NC!
I’m a proud member of the 8.4% of NC’s registered voters that participated in early voting this year, so I’ll not be standing in lines with the rest of Onslow’s voters today.
If you want information on the candidates, visit the Jacksonville Daily News‘ Election 2008 page. If you want information on [...]

May 6th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Delma Collins, Democrats, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Jack Bright, Jacksonville, NC, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Lionell Midgett, Martin Aragona, Jr (Rep Candidate), NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina Democratic Party, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Republican Party, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Board of Education, Onslow County Board of Elections, Onslow County Democratic Party, Onslow County Register of Deeds, Onslow County Republican Party, Onslow County, NC, Paul Buchanan, Republicans, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent) | Comments (2)

Over the weekend, I previewed the local Onslow County races. Today, I’ll cover the four seats in the North Carolina General Assembly that impact Onslow County.
At least some portion of Onslow County is in 3 districts from the House of Representatives (4th, 14th, and 15th).
The 4th District Representative is Democrat Russell Tucker. Mr. Tucker will [...]

March 4th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, Democrats, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Martin Aragona, Jr (Rep Candidate), NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, North Carolina Democratic Party, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Republican Party, Onslow County Democratic Party, Onslow County Republican Party, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Republicans, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent) | Leave a comment

The Jacksonville Daily News updates us.
“Several months ago (Aragona) assured me that I didn’t have to worry about him running against me,” he said. “I guess things have changed”

I guess so, Mr. Cleveland.
Mr. Aragona, Jr. is in the same political party as Cleveland and didn’t have the respect to call him before rushing to [...]

February 8th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, Jacksonville, NC, Martin Aragona, Jr (Rep Candidate), NC House 14, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Republicans | Leave a comment