Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell (R) won reelection Tuesday. Sheriff Bizzell received over 92 percent support of all ballots cast with 53,383 votes. Local bail bondsman David Marshburn was unsuccessful in his write-in campaign for sheriff. 4,334 write-in ballots were received, in unofficial results.
Chief Resident Superior Court Judge Tom Lock (R) was unopposed to a new term for the District 11-B seat one. He received 54,284 ballots.
Paul Holcombe (R) was elected to the District 11-B Superior Court seat two and carried 53,209 votes. He was also unopposed.
District 11 Court Judge Joy A. Jones (R) had no opposition and was returned to office. She received 53,511 ballots.
Local attorney Travis Wheeler (R) was elected as a NC District Court Judge in District 11. He was unopposed for the seat and received 52,871 votes.
Jason P. Kimble (R) won election to the third and final District Court judicial seat up for election Tuesday. Mr. Kimble was unopposed and carried 52,474 votes.
Incumbent Johnston County District Attorney Susan Doyle (R) had no opposition on the ballot. Doyle received 53,819 votes and was returned to office.
Three Republican Johnston County Commissioners on the ballot were elected to four year terms. All were unopposed in their respective district seats. Chairman R.S. “Butch” Lawter, Jr. was reelected to District 7 and carried 52,522 votes. Patrick Harris will serve another term in District 5 after receiving 52,889 votes. In District 3, Richard D. Braswell had 50,058 votes. Braswell was originally appointed to the District 3 seat to fill out the unexpired term of former commissioner Chad Stewart. Richard Braswell is currently awaiting trial on criminal charges.
Clerk of Court Michelle Ball (R) was unopposed and won reelection. She received 54,057 votes.
Voters returned Register of Deeds Craig Olive (R) to office for another four years. Mr. Olive was unopposed and carried 55,137 ballots.
For the Johnston County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor, where two seats were available, John Michael Langdon received 57.7% support (46,619 votes) and Dewitt Hardee 41.3% of the total ballots (33,704 votes). About one percent of the votes, 756 ballots, went to write-in candidates.
Results in all races are unofficial until certified by the Johnston County Board of Elections.
Wow, awaiting trial for indecent liberties with a child and Dickie Braswell still received over 50,000 votes. Yes, he was unopposed but no one had to fill in that bubble. At least 2,500 people voted for the other unopposed candidates but not Dickie.
Agree!!! I sure as heck didn’t vote for him!!!!!
I can’t believe he is on the ballot
I couldn’t either, and I left that section blank…