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 with most of the votes counted in District 29.
Craven has been in the position since a 2020 appointment.
The N.C. Senate District 25 race was leaning toward Republican incumbent Amy Galey against Donna Vanhook, though not enough precincts had reported to determine a winner as of late Tuesday night.
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, where Galey attracted more than three times the number of votes compared to Vanhook.
** Three seats involving Randolph County in the North Carolina House of Representatives had varied result Republicans.
Brian Biggs in District 70 and Neal Jackson in District 78 gave Republicans victories. Democrat Robert Reives II was the winner.
Biggs is an incumbent who previously held a spot on the Randolph County School System’s Board of Education. Biggs had 5,848 votes compared to Susan Lee Scott’s 2,066 within Randolph County, while his overall margin was 32,944 (76.5 percent) to 10,118 (23.5 percent).
Joe Godfrey registered 902 votes to Reives’ 326 in Randolph County, but that advantage didn’t stick elsewhere. Reives had about 55 percent of the votes overall.
Jackson’s lopsided victory came with his 4,271 votes to Lowell Simon’s 917 in Randolph County for an overall victory at 38,482 (76.6 percent) to 11,725 (23.35 percent). Jackson was running for reelection for the first time.
** 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.
