Official Nov. 3 results for all 31 Forsyth County races, from sheriff and district attorney to all 9 school board seats. Ashley Bell has asked for a 10th District recount.

Democrats won every contested partisan county race in Forsyth County on Tuesday. That includes sheriff, district attorney, all three Board of Commissioners races and all nine school board seats on the ballot.

Updated Nov. 13: the figures below are the official results after Friday’s county canvass, from the N.C. State Board of Elections results for Nov. 3. No winner changed. Ashley Bell has asked for a recount in the U.S. House 10th District, and the Rural Hall Town Council gap is now 3 votes.

Forsyth voters did not get their way everywhere. In three races that stretch beyond the county, the candidate Forsyth backed lost, or trails, once the other counties’ votes were counted.

The county races

Sheriff: Bobby F. Kimbrough (Democrat) won with 117,331 votes, or 77.9%. Ernie Leyba (Republican) had 33,304.

District attorney, District 31: Amara M. Hunter (Democrat) beat Jim O’Neill (Republican) 83,032 to 69,356, or 54.5% to 45.5%.

Board of Commissioners:

  • At-large: Dan Besse (Democrat) won with 99,019 votes (65.3%) to 52,544 for Terri Mrazek (Republican).
  • District A (two seats): Tonya McDaniel (Democrat) with 27,092 and Mali (Shai) Woodbury (Democrat) with 27,046 won. Contessa Smith (Republican) had 6,067.
  • District B: Marsie West (Democrat) beat Chris Parker (Republican) 65,410 to 48,466, or 57.4% to 42.6%.

Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor (two seats, nonpartisan): Betsy Johnson (71,677) and Toby Bost (45,098) won. Mark D. Apple had 39,547, Andrew Kepins 15,070 and Salvet Kalu 12,590.

The school board

The Forsyth County Board of Education runs Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Democrats won all nine seats on the ballot. In every race the last winning Democrat finished more than 11,000 votes ahead of the best-placed Republican.

Race Winners Votes Also ran
At-large (3 seats) Valerie Brockenbrough; Elisabeth Motsinger; Ronda Mays 91,877; 90,606; 90,289 Michael Quinones (R) 52,864; Jason Lucero (R) 49,435
District 1 (2 seats) Trevonia (BG) Brown-Gaither; Alex B. Bohannon 27,133; 25,704 Mike Klinetobe (R) 5,664
District 2 (4 seats) Lee Childress; Susan Conway; Curtis Fentress; Marie Jackson 60,786; 60,552; 59,555; 59,219 Robert (Bob) Weiss (R) 47,180; Allen Daniel (R) 46,641; Robert Barr (R) 45,207; Jill Nelson Berlin (R) 43,873

In District 2, the most crowded race on the ballot, Marie Jackson took the fourth seat by 12,039 votes over Robert (Bob) Weiss. Our schools page covers how the district is run.

Where Forsyth’s choice lost or trails

Bar chart. Ashley Bell, U.S. House District 10: 68.1% in Forsyth County, 48.8% districtwide. Andy Bowline, N.C. Senate District 31: 50.8% in Forsyth, 46.4% districtwide. Lucille Puckett, N.C. House District 91: 60.5% in Forsyth, 40.9% districtwide.
Share of the vote for the Democratic candidate in Forsyth precincts and in the whole district. Chart by Winston Now, from N.C. State Board of Elections results.
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  • U.S. House District 10: Ashley Bell (Democrat) took 68.1% of the Forsyth vote, 73,168 to 32,365. Across the whole district, Pat Harrigan (Republican) leads with 146,590 votes (49.6%) to Bell’s 144,081 (48.8%). Steven Feldman (Libertarian) had 4,710. Harrigan’s lead is 2,509 votes, and Bell has asked for a recount.
  • N.C. Senate District 31: Andy Bowline (Democrat) carried the Forsyth precincts 38,650 to 37,478, or 50.8%. Districtwide, Dana Caudill Jones (Republican) won 50,134 to 43,338, or 53.6% to 46.4%.
  • N.C. House District 91: Lucille Puckett (Democrat) won the Forsyth precincts 8,366 to 5,458, or 60.5%. Districtwide, Kyle Hall (Republican) won 18,473 to 12,806, or 59.1% to 40.9%.

The canvass narrowed the gap in District 10 to under 1% of the votes cast. Under the State Board of Elections’ rules, that lets the trailing candidate ask for a recount. Bell filed the request Friday afternoon.

Congress and the General Assembly

  • U.S. Senate: Roy Cooper (Democrat) won statewide with 58.8% to 39.1% for Michael Whatley (Republican). In Forsyth, Cooper had 102,553 votes (66.7%) to Whatley’s 47,781.
  • U.S. House District 6: Cyril Jefferson (Democrat) beat Addison McDowell (Republican) 140,707 to 134,103 across the district, or 51.2% to 48.8%. Jefferson carried Forsyth’s share of the district 24,671 to 20,926.
  • N.C. Senate District 32: Paul Lowe, Jr. (Democrat) won with 57,567 votes (76.0%). Peter Antinozzi (Republican) had 16,840 and Keenen Altic (Green) 1,377.
  • N.C. House District 71: Kanika Brown (Democrat) won 25,367 to 3,432 over Mathew Mena (Green).
  • N.C. House District 72: Amber M. Baker (Democrat), unopposed, had 24,901 votes.
  • N.C. House District 74: Amy Taylor North (Democrat) beat Jeff Zenger (Republican) 23,516 to 17,695, or 57.1% to 42.9%.
  • N.C. House District 75: Jen Wiles (Democrat) beat Donny C. Lambeth (Republican) 18,637 to 15,855, or 54.0% to 46.0%.

Courts

The Democratic candidates won all four statewide court races:

  • N.C. Supreme Court, Seat 1: Anita Earls, 58.9% statewide and 66.4% in Forsyth
  • N.C. Court of Appeals, Seat 1: John S. Arrowood
  • N.C. Court of Appeals, Seat 2: Tobias (Toby) Hampson
  • N.C. Court of Appeals, Seat 3: Christine Marie Walczyk

Six local judicial and court offices had one candidate each. Carrie Vickery (Superior Court, District 31B), Valene K. McMasters, Fred Adams, Theodore (Ted) Kazakos and Cheryl Andrews McDonald (District Court, District 31, Seats 1 to 4) and Kevin Edwards (clerk of Superior Court) all won.

The constitutional amendments

All three proposed amendments to the state constitution passed, statewide and in Forsyth. The names below are the State Board of Elections’ labels for them.

Amendment Forsyth “for” Forsyth “against” Statewide “for”
Require photo ID for voting 78,406 (51.9%) 72,729 (48.1%) 59.6%
Maximum income tax rate of 3.5% 81,832 (54.2%) 69,150 (45.8%) 61.9%
Property tax levy limit 79,097 (52.6%) 71,423 (47.4%) 60.4%

Forsyth voted for each amendment by a much narrower margin than the state as a whole.

Rural Hall: a council seat decided by 3 votes

Rural Hall, about 10 miles north of downtown Winston-Salem, elected a mayor and two Town Council members.

  • Mayor: Susan Hawks Gordon (unaffiliated) won with 558 votes (51.8%). Terry M. Bennett (Republican) had 374 and Sebastian Jimenez-Barreras (unaffiliated) 137.
  • Town Council (two seats): Amanda Johnson-Anthony (Democrat) led with 588. Michael Woodcock (unaffiliated) had 459 and Mark Lane (Republican) 456. There were also 87 write-in votes.

Woodcock’s lead over Lane was 4 votes on election night and 3 after the canvass. That is about 0.2% of the 1,590 votes cast in the race, inside the 1% margin at which a trailing candidate can ask for a recount. A request is due to the county board by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.

What it means for you

  • County results are official. The Forsyth County Board of Elections canvassed the results Friday, Nov. 13. The State Board meets Nov. 24 to consider certifying the election.
  • Recount deadlines: a request in a county or town race is due to the county board by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. In a U.S. House or multi-county legislative race it is due to the State Board by noon Tuesday, Nov. 17. Recounts are public, with at least 48 hours’ notice.
  • Check your own races: the state results page breaks every race down by precinct. Our ballot guide lists every candidate who ran, and our voting page has the county board’s contacts.
  • Questions: the Forsyth County Board of Elections is at 336-703-2800.

We will update this story if a recount changes any result.