While most of the dust has settled from the May 17 primary election, we had to wait for a June 1 recount of two races and official filing periods to open for several others.
- The Republican primary for NC House of Representatives District 115 resulted in a tie between Pratik Bhakta and Sherrie Higgins. The recount completed on June 2 and found one more vote for Bhakta – breaking the tie and advancing him to the November General Election as the Republican opponent to Democrat Lindsey Prather, who was unopposed for the Democratic nomination to this seat. Brian Turner will not run for reelection to this office.
- Without any opposition from Republicans or Libertarians, Democrats will maintain their stranglehold on the District 40 District Attorney position. The top vote-getters in the Democratic primary for this office were incumbent Todd Williams and Challenger Courtney Booth, an assistant public defender who does not think Williams is “progressive” enough. After a machine recount that discovered no difference in the original count, Booth conceded – meaning that Williams will serve a third term.
Additionally, we do not yet know who will be on the November ballot for the races below:
- The filing period for Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District begins on June 13 at noon and ends on July 1 at noon.
- The filing period for Municipal Offices (Black Mountain and Montreat) begins on July 1 at noon and ends on July 15 at noon.
- The filing period for Buncombe County School Board (Erwin, Enka, and Reynolds districts) begins on July 1 at noon and ends on August 5 at noon.
Citizens interested in throwing their hats in the ring for those offices can find information on candidate filing here.
The chart below provides the names of candidates who have advanced to the general election in November (so far). The second column displays the names of candidates who were unopposed by other party members and were not required to participate in the primary – you may not have heard very much from or about some of these candidates. Yet. Column 3 reflects the results of the May 17 primary election
