Seabolt keeps Republican nod for sheriff; Allen stays on track to keep board of commissioners seat

Greg Seabolt received big support at the polls in his bid to remain sheriff of Randolph County.

Seabolt collected 63.4% of the votes to fend off three challengers for the Republican nod when ballots were counted in Tuesday’s primary.

Seabolt’s 9,174 votes represented a clear edge on Brian Arrington (2,257), Chris Toriello (1,966) and Eric Hicks (1,064).

“I want to sincerely thank everyone who helped and supported me throughout this campaign,” Seabolt said in a social media post Tuesday night, thanking several people who assisted with his campaign. “… Your dedication and belief in me mean more than words can express.”

Seabolt, who won election in 2018 and reelection in 2022, is from Denton. Arrington, a Climax man, had been a captain in the sheriff’s office prior to retirement in 2025 following 27½ years.

Randolph County commissioners

Incumbent David Allen won a narrow Republican primary for the Board of Commissioners in District 3.

Allen, who’s from Liberty, received 7,627 votes compared to Carrie Guess-Slatosky’s 6,560. Guess-Slatosky is from Randleman.

N.C. House of Representatives

Republican incumbent Neal Jackson received 8,427 votes to win a primary against Mark Dutton (3,279 votes) for the District 78 seat.

Uncontested races

Many of the races involving Randolph County candidates weren’t contested in the primary, but those positions will be on November’s ballot.

Those include a county commissioner seat held by Darrell Frye along with statehouse seats occupied by David Craven Jr. of Asheboro and Brian Biggs of Trinity.

There are other seats for spots in Raleigh that involve portions of Randolph County voters but are occupied by residents of other counties.

About the turnout

There were 18,023 ballots cast in Randolph County polling places. That represented 18.4% of eligible voters.

Of those total ballots, 9,006 —  or just about half —  were cast during the early voting period that ended Saturday.