David Blackwelder
David Blackwelder (Republican Party) ran for election for Wake County Sheriff in North Carolina. Blackwelder lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Wake County, North Carolina (2022)
General election
General election for Wake County Sheriff
Willie Rowe defeated Donnie Harrison in the general election for Wake County Sheriff on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Willie Rowe (D)  | 53.8 | 241,899 |
 | Donnie Harrison (R) | 46.2 | 207,638 | |
| Total votes: 449,537 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Wake County Sheriff
Willie Rowe defeated incumbent Gerald Baker in the Democratic primary runoff for Wake County Sheriff on July 26, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Willie Rowe | 75.3 | 23,954 |
 | Gerald Baker | 24.7 | 7,850 | |
| Total votes: 31,804 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wake County Sheriff
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Wake County Sheriff on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Willie Rowe | 29.4 | 25,731 |
| ✔ | | Gerald Baker | 24.1 | 21,058 |
| Cedric L. Herring | 16.4 | 14,312 | ||
| Roy Taylor | 15.7 | 13,757 | ||
| Joe Coley | 5.6 | 4,934 | ||
 | Tommy Matthews | 5.2 | 4,559 | |
 | Randolph Baity | 3.6 | 3,157 | |
| Total votes: 87,508 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wake County Sheriff
Donnie Harrison defeated Tivon Howard and David Blackwelder in the Republican primary for Wake County Sheriff on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donnie Harrison | 79.9 | 50,606 |
| Tivon Howard | 12.0 | 7,588 | ||
 | David Blackwelder | 8.1 | 5,113 | |
| Total votes: 63,307 | |||
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2019
See also: North Carolina's 9th Congressional District special election, 2019
General election
Special general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9
Dan Bishop defeated Dan McCready, Jeff Scott, and Allen Smith in the special general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on September 10, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dan Bishop (R) | 50.7 | 96,573 |
 | Dan McCready (D) | 48.7 | 92,785 | |
 | Jeff Scott (L) | 0.4 | 773 | |
 | Allen Smith (G) | 0.2 | 375 | |
| Total votes: 190,506 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Dan McCready advanced from the special Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on May 14, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Bishop | 47.7 | 14,405 |
 | Stony Rushing | 19.5 | 5,882 | |
 | Matthew Ridenhour | 17.1 | 5,166 | |
 | Leigh Thomas Brown | 8.8 | 2,672 | |
 | Stevie Rivenbark | 3.0 | 906 | |
 | Fern Shubert | 1.4 | 438 | |
 | Chris Anglin | 1.3 | 382 | |
 | Kathie Day | 0.6 | 193 | |
 | Gary M. Dunn | 0.3 | 105 | |
 | Albert Wiley Jr. | 0.2 | 62 | |
| Total votes: 30,211 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Green primary election
The Green primary election was canceled. Allen Smith advanced from the special Green primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Jeff Scott advanced from the special Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.
2018
General election
General election for Wake County Board of Commissioners District 6
Incumbent Greg Ford defeated David Blackwelder in the general election for Wake County Board of Commissioners District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Ford (D) | 61.6 | 262,240 |
| David Blackwelder (R) | 38.4 | 163,601 | |
| Total votes: 425,841 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wake County Board of Commissioners District 6
Incumbent Greg Ford advanced from the Democratic primary for Wake County Board of Commissioners District 6 on May 8, 2018.
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| ✔ | | Greg Ford |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wake County Board of Commissioners District 6
David Blackwelder advanced from the Republican primary for Wake County Board of Commissioners District 6 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | David Blackwelder |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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David Blackwelder did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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David Blackwelder did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
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