GOP Primary - Randolph Record

06 Apr

Early voting set in Randolph County for second primary

Bob SuttonNewsGOP Primary, Randolph County Board of Elections

ASHEBORO – Early voting for the special second primary election will be open April 25-May 11 in Randolph County. The Randolph County Board of Elections set those dates for the May 14 second primary. Early voting will have just one site as opposed to four sites used in advance of the March primary. The early voting will be held at the Randolph County Board of Elections office on North Fayetteville Street in Asheboro. The times for early voting will be 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, except for May 11, when voting ends at 3 p.m. That final date will be the…

Rivenbark wins GOP primary for Randolph County commissioner

Randolph RecordGovernment, News, Politics2024 elections, board of elections, GOP Primary

ASHEBORO – Randolph County will have at least one new county commissioner following the 2024 election. Challenger Lester Rivenbark of Asheboro headed the Republican field in Tuesday’s primary for the District 5 seat. Rivenbark received 8,479 votes for a safe lead on repeat commissioner candidate Chris McLeod, a Denton man who had 6,031. Incumbent Maxton McDowell of Asheboro had 4,713 votes. Rivenbark and Democrat Jane Ledwell-Gant will be on November’s ballot. Total turnout in Randolph County was at 24.2 percent of registered voters. There were 23,190 voters. There was no primary for the other seat for the county commissioners on…

Seabolt rolls as local incumbents hold in GOP primary

Bob SuttonGovernment, News, PoliticsElection 2022, GOP Primary, Randolph

ASHEBORO — Greg Seabolt, the incumbent Randolph County Sheriff, fended off a couple of challengers to win the Republican Party primary Tuesday with a majority of the votes. Seabolt received 9,417 votes, with Timmy Hasty next with 6,196 and Robert Graves third with 2,788. Seabolt garnered over 51 percent of the Republican vote. There were no Democratic primaries in Randolph County this year. In other local races, incumbents held on to their re-election hopes by winning contested GOP primaries. Randolph County Commissioners A pair of incumbents received stiff challenges but ended up ahead in Republican primaries. David Allen’s 8,898 votes…