Three incumbents and three new faces will occupy seats on the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners and the Mitchell County Board of Education, local voters decided in the latest General Election finalized earlier this month.
Incumbent commissioners Steve Pitman and Jeff Harding will return to the board and will be joined by Clayton Roberts.
Steve Pitman was the top vote-getter with 4,465 votes (30.64%) while Harding got 4,219 votes (28.95%). Roberts garnered 28.68% of the vote (4,179).
Democrat Howard Larsen rounded out the commissioner race by earning 1,709 votes (11.73%).
Incumbent Brandon Pitman and newcomers Alan English and Pam Pitman won the school board race. Brandon Pitman was the top vote-getter with 3,051 votes (20.22%) while English was on his heels with 2,969 votes (19.67%) and Pam Pitman right behind with 2,501 votes (16.57%).
Incumbents Kathy Young and Angela Burleson finished with 15.01% and 11.95%, respectively. Ron Bailey earned 8.24% and Chad Greene got 7.91%. There were 63 write-in votes cast.
Keith Masters took a narrow win in the race for Mitchell Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor. He beat Steve Wilson by less than four percentage points.
Donald Street, Janet Cook, Seth Banks, Matt Rupp and Ralph Hise won via uncontested races for Mitchell County Sheriff, Clerk of Superior Court, District 35 Attorney, District 24 Court Judge and State Senate District 47, respectively.
Republican Dudley Greene easily won Mitchell County over Democrat Robert Cordle in the race for North Carolina House of Representatives District 85. Republicans Virginia Foxx (House of Representatives District 5) and Ted Budd (U.S. Senate) cruised to landslide wins in Mitchell County, as well.
Mitchell County voters cast 6,559 ballots out of 11,200 registered voters, which is good for a 58.56% voter turnout.