Trogdon wins Asheboro’s race for mayor; other municipal election results

ASHEBORO — Joey Trogdon will be the next mayor of Asheboro after winning Tuesday’s election by nearly 500 votes against fellow city councilman Eddie Burks.

Trogdon will be the second member of his family to be the city’s mayor. His father, Joe Trogdon, held the position from 1983-2001.

David Smith, who has been mayor since 2009, previously announced he’s retiring.

Trogdon received 1,640 votes and Burks collected 1,171. Burks will remain on the city council because his term wasn’t expiring.

In the race for city council, incumbent Kelly Heath barely held on to a seat as one of four candidates elected. She’ll be joined by Phil Skeen (1,618 votes), Phillip Cheek (1,589) and Mary Joan Pugh (1,422).

Heath received 1,293 votes to finish ahead of Pamela Vuncannon (1,228).

Others in the race were Dave Thomas (1,193), incumbent William McCaskill (884) and Joel McClosky (794).

Cheek has been a member of the Asheboro City Schools board of education, but he opted not to run in that race.

Current councilmen Walker Moffitt and Clark Bell chose not to run.

For the board of education, Brad Thomas (1,690) and Mikayla Cassidy (1,434) will move onto the board. They finished ahead of Michael Brown (1,353) and incumbent Hilda DeCortez (1,147).

Here’s a look at results from other municipalities:

Franklinville

Billy Farias (49) and Richard Goodwin (44) kept their seats as town commissioners despite challenges from Sarda Nieblas (41) and Joe Dawkins (17).

Ben Harman was unopposed for mayor.

Liberty

Mayor Filmore York was unopposed, receiving 169 votes. There were 21 miscellaneous write-in ballots.

But mayor pro tem Larry Coble was ousted from the board of town commissioners.

Incumbents Tyson Nixon (166) and Terry Caviness (158) were reelected along with challengers Rebekkah Glass (142). Coble received 132 votes.

Ramseur

Town council member Diana Brower didn’t keep her seat, finishing last in a three-way race. David Neve (133) was the top vote getter, followed by Jesse Hembree (98).

Randleman

Mayor Gary Betts Sr. won a close race to keep his job, receiving 189 votes to J.W. Gaster’s 180.

Melissa Blalock was a clear winner to remain on the Board of Alderman representing Ward 1. Blalock received 265 votes to Craig Hancock’s 96.

Nancy Henderson was unopposed in Ward 2.

Seagrove

Kevin McBride will join the town commissioners by topping the field with 51 votes. Ed Walker will stay on the board with 36 votes, though Sandra Walker had 35 votes and lost her seat. Jeremy Steinhart was picked on 20 ballots.

Staley

Brooke Boswell will be a newcomer as a town commissioner, topping the field with 29 votes and essentially filling a vacant seat.

Incumbents Lori Lynn Langley (28), Sherri Martin (28), Faye Johnson (27) and Renee Harrelson (25) all retained their seats.

Mayor Karen Scotton was unopposed.

Thomasville

Raleigh York Jr. will remain mayor after a narrow victory against challenger JacQuez Johnson. There was only a small sliver of voters eligible in Randolph County for this race and they also opted for York by a small margin.

Elected to the city council were Dana Skeen Lomba, Hunter Thrift, Ericka Sanders and Doug Hunt.