Richard Hudson (file photo)
Incumbents had smooth victories involving Randolph County’s statehouse representatives
Richard Hudson was a big winner in keeping his North Carolina 9th Congressional District seat.
Within Randolph County, he had 10,841 votes to Democrat Nigel Bristow’s 2,802.
Hudson, who’s from Southern Pines, will have a seventh term in Congress. He turned 53 on Monday.
Hudson was in Washington monitoring election results Tuesday.
** In the N.C. Senate, Republican Dave Craven Jr. of Asheboro rolled to a victory against Kevin Clark in District 29, winning nearly 69 percent of the vote or just more than 70,000 votes to Clark’s 32,000. Craven has been in the position since a 2020 appointment.
The N.C. Senate District 25 race was easily won by Republican incumbent Amy Galey (67,098, 60.3 percent) over Donna Vanhook (44,097, 39.6 percent). The race was between Alamance County women, though a portion of the district is in Randolph County.
A pair of Randolph seats to the NC House were easily won by Republicans, with Brian Biggs in District 70 and Neal Jackson in District 78 both winning reelection.
Biggs, an incumbent who previously held a spot on the Randolph County School System’s Board of Education, rolled to victory with 32,944 (76.5 percent) votes to Democrat Susan Lee Scott’s 10,118 (23.5 percent).
Jackson’s lopsided victory came with his 38,482 (76.6 percent) votes to Lowell Simon’s 11,725 (23.35 percent). Jackson was running for reelection for the first time. Within Randolph County, Jackson had 4,271 votes to Simon’s 917.
A part of Democrat Minority Leader Robert Reives III’s House District 54 is in Randolph County. He beat challenger Joe Godfrey by 55 percent to 45 percent. Godfrey led in Randolph County tallies with 902 to Reives’ 326.
** Also, current Randolph County District Attorney Andrew Gregson was unopposed.
Other vote totals
In the presidential race, Randolph County went strong for former President Donald Trump. He drew 11,387 votes to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 3,270 in county voting.
For governor, Randolph County voters tried to give Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson a boost by casting 8,942 votes for him compared to N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s 4,661. Stein has been projected as a winner in the race.
