Hyde Election Results

49 received Republican ballots; 264 received Democratic ballots; 3 received Libertarian ballots; and 7 voters elected to receive only the non-partisan part of the ballot.

Incumbent Commissioner Darlene Styron received 131 votes from her Ocracoke constituency.  Challenger John Fletcher II got 110.  Fletcher won the county-wide election 603 - 486, taking every mainland district except Lake Landing, which narrowly supported Styron.

Ocracoke voters rejected Amendment 1 by a margin of 211 to 107.  298 mainland voters cast their ballots "Against" Amendment 1, while 802 voted for.  Dare County was the only eastern NC County--and one of eight in NC--to reject the constitutional change defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

Thomas Whitaker and Randy Etheridge were elected to seats on the Board of Education.

Walter Dalton was the favored Democratic nominee for Governor, getting 128 votes to Bob Etheridge's 77.  Gardinia Henley received 12 votes; Gary M. Dunn 4; Bill Faison 3; and Bruce Blackmon 2.

Ocracoke Democrats were split on the Lieutenant Governor nominee.  Linda D. Coleman took the district over Eric Mansfield, 101 -99.

In the Republican primary, Mitt Romney received 23 votes; Ron Paul 13; Rick Santorum 5; and Newt Gingrich 2. 

For the Republican Governor nomination, Pat McCrory got 24 votes.  Scott A. Jones was the candidate closest to McCrory, with 4 votes.

Click here to see the primary results for all of Hyde. 

Full voting results from Ocracoke below:

(DEM) Presidential Preference:

Barack Obama                 188

No Preference                    57

 

(DEM) Governor:

Walter H. Dalton              128

Gary M. Dunn                      4

Bob Etheridge                    77

Bill Faison                            3

Gardenia M. Henley             12

Bruce Blackmon                    2

 

(DEM) Lieutenant Governor:

Eric L. Mansfield                    99

Linda D. Coleman                 101

(DEM) Commisioner of Agriculture:

Walter Smith             95

Scott Bryant              84

(DEM) Commissioner of Labor:

Marlowe Foster          55

Ty Richardson           56

John C. Brooks          63

(DEM) Treasurer:

Ron Elmer                 36

Janet Cowell             149

 

(DEM) Board of Commission Ocracoke:

John S. Fletcher II      110

Darlene Styron           131

 

(REP) Presidential Preference:

Newt Gingrich                2

Ron Paul                      13

Mitt Romney                23

Rick Santorum               5

No Preference                4

 

(REP) US House of Representative District 3:

Walter B. Jones              37

Frank Palombo                 6

 

(REP) Governor:

Jim Harney                       1

Scott A. Jones                   4

Jim Mahan                        2

Pat McCrory                     24

Charles Kenneth Moss        1

Paul Wright                        2

 

(REP) Lieutenant Governor:

Dale Folwell                        6

Dan Forest                          6

Tony Gurley                         7

Grey Mills                           11

Arthur Jason Rich                 3

 

(REP) Auditor:

Joseph Hank DeBragga          0

Greg Dority                           5

Debra Goldman                    10

Fern Shubert                          8

Rudy Wright                           6

 

(REP) Commissioner of Agriculture:

Bill McManus                         13

Steve Troxler                        18

 

(REP) Commissioner of Insurance:

James McCall                          8

Richard Morgan                      11

Mike Causey                           10

 

(REP) Secretary of State:

AJ Daoud                                   1

Kenn Gardner                            8

Ed Goodwin                              17

Michael (Mike) Beitler                 4

 

(REP) Superintendent of Public Instruction:

Ray Ernest Martin                      2

David Scholl                              5

John Tedesco                             6

Richard Alexander                      7

Mark Crawford                            8

 

(REP) Treasurer:

Frank Roche                              14

Steve Royal                               17

 

(REP) NC State Senate District 1:

Jerry Evans                               21

Bill Cook                                   14

 

(REP) NC House Representative District 6:

Mattie Lawson                             13

Arthur Williams                           10

Jeremy D. Adams                        11

 

(LIB) Presidential Preference:

Roger Gary                                    0

R.J. Harris                                     0

Gary Johnson                                 0

Carl Person                                    0

Bill Still                                          0

Lee Wrights                                    1

No Preference                                 2

 

County Board of Education at Large (vote for 2):

Randy Etheridge                             71

Willie G. Shaw                                81

Vanessa Smith                                64

James (Boo Boo) Topping                71

Thomas Whitaker                             97

Write In                                            9

Over Votes                                        2

Under Votes                                   251

Constitutional Amendment:

For                                                107

Against                                          211