How Cleveland County residents voted on state and local primary elections

Diane Turbyfill, Shelby Star
Updated ·1 min read

Voters turned out in low numbers for this year's primary election Tuesday.

Out of almost 68,000 registered voters, only 16,280 cast ballots, according to unofficial results.

The Star has multiple stories on federal and state results, but here are local numbers:

N.C. House of Representatives District 110, Republican

  • Kelly Hastings; 3,777; 88.37%

  • Esther Scott; 497; 11.63%

N.C. House of Representatives District 111, Republican, Vote for 1

  • David Allen, 2,211; 31.74%

  • Paul Scott, 1,743; 25.02%

  • Scott Neisler; 1,520; 21.82%

  • Paul Brintley, 1,493; 21.43%

Cleveland County Board of Commissioners, Vote for 3, Republican

  • Tonny Berry, 7,002; 24.09%

  • Johnny Hutchins, 6,496; 22.35%

  • Kevin Gordon; 6,488; 22.32%

  • Denise Martin Wright, 4,693; 16.15%

  • Robert A. Williams, 1,773; 6,10%

  • Linda Laine, 1,652; 5.68%

  • Carter York, 959; 3.30%

Cleveland County Board of Education, Republican, Vote for 5

  • Gloria Sherman, 5,202; 11.19%

  • Joel Shores, 4,905, 10.55%

  • Ron Humphries, 4,614; 9.93%

  • David Fisher, 4,514; 9.71%

  • Kenneth A. Ledford, 4,191; 9.02%

  • Robert Queen, 4,057; 8.73%

  • Shelia D. Canipe, 3,849; 8.28%

  • Matthew S. Canipe, 1,718; 3.70%

  • Chad Simpson, 952; 2.05%

For a full list of State results from all counties, visit the State Board of Elections website.

This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: Primary results for Cleveland County.