Photo: Lester Rivenbark
Republican Lester Rivenbark will join the Randolph County Board of Commissioners after an easy victory for the District 5 seat.
Rivenbark had more than 75 percent of the votes when the totals were released Tuesday night, easily defeating Democrat Jane Ledwell-Gant.
Rivenbark takes the seat that’s held by Maxton McDowell. In March, Rivenbark defeated Chris McLeod and McDowell in the Republican primary.
Incumbent Kenny Kidd, a Republican, retained his spot on the Board of Commissioners with an even more impressive showing. Kidd had 10,857 (76.35 percent) votes to outdistance Democrat challenger William McCaskill.
Kidd had no opposition in the primary.
There were numerous lopsided victories for local races in Randolph County.
** The four seats on the Randolph County School System’s Board of Education when to the four candidates. Board chairman Gary Cook along with vice chair Sharon Petty Farlow, Tracy Boyles and Todd Cutler were the winners. Boyles is also already on the board.
Cook received the most votes for the school board, with his 7,621 ahead of runner-up Farlow’s 7,533.
** Shane Whitaker won an uncontested race for Randolph Soil and Water District Commissioner. He has held a position on the soil and water district board.
Changes coming for Trinity
Two incumbents were ousted from the city council in Trinity.
Barry Allison narrowly prevailed in a competitive four-way race for a Ward 3 seat, garnering 1,136 votes to incumbent Jack Carico’s 1,115 and Josh Fish’s 1,010. Chuck Marsh was fourth with 432.
For an at-large spot, Deborah Jacky won a city council spot by defeating incumbent Tommy Johnson by 2,212 to 1,512.
Paul Welborn was alone on the ballot for Ward 1.
Archdale results
In Archdale, mayor Lewis Dorsett didn’t have any competition to retain his position.
For City Council, William Wood defeated Alvin Battle 403-343 for an at-large seat. In Ward 2, incumbent Roger Blackwell was uncontested and in Ward 3 incumbent Trey Gray III won without opposition.
