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Municipal elections in Guilford County, North Carolina (2018)

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2018 Guilford County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: February 28, 2018
Primary election: May 8, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, Clerk of superior court, District attorney, County sheriff, Soil & water conservation district board members
Total seats up: 14
Election type: Partisan & Nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Guilford County, North Carolina, held general elections for county commissioner, clerk of superior court, district attorney, county sheriff, and soil & water conservation district board members on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on May 8, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was February 28, 2018.

Elections

Commission

Guilford County Commission general election

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
At-Large

Green check mark transparent.pngKay Cashion (i)

District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngJ. Carlvena Foster (i)

District 2

Scott Jones

Green check mark transparent.pngAlan Perdue (i)

District 3

Tracy Lamothe

Green check mark transparent.pngJustin Conrad (i)

District 7

Green check mark transparent.pngCarolyn Q. Coleman (i)

District 8

Green check mark transparent.pngSkip Alston (i)

Guilford County Commission primary election

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
At-Large

Green check mark transparent.pngKay Cashion (i)

District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngJ. Carlvena Foster (i)

District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Jones

Green check mark transparent.pngAlan Perdue (i)
Ashley Tillery

District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngTracy Lamothe

Green check mark transparent.pngJustin Conrad (i)

District 7

Green check mark transparent.pngCarolyn Q. Coleman (i)

District 8

Green check mark transparent.pngSkip Alston (i)
Fahiym Hanna


District Attorney

General election

General election

General election for North Carolina 24th Prosecutorial District Attorney

Candidate
%
Votes
Avery Michelle Crump (D)
 
100.0
 
140,749

Total votes: 140,749
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic Primary

Democratic Party Avery Michelle Crump
Democratic Party Stephanie Reese

Clerk of Superior Court

General election

General election

General election for Guilford County Clerk of the Superior Court

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lisa Johnson-Tonkins
Lisa Johnson-Tonkins (D)
 
100.0
 
140,361

Total votes: 140,361
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic Primary

Democratic Party Lisa Johnson-Tonkins (i)

Sheriff

General election

General election

General election for Guilford County Sheriff

Candidate
%
Votes
Danny Rogers (D)
 
52.7
 
105,165
BJ Barnes (R)
 
47.3
 
94,536

Total votes: 199,701
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic Primary

Democratic Party Therron Phipps
Democratic Party Danny Rogers
Democratic Party James Zimmerman Sr.

Republican Primary

Republican Party BJ Barnes (i)
Republican Party Steve Parr

Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor

The filing period began on June 11, 2018, for this position. The candidate filing ended on July 6, 2018.

General election (two-seats)

General election candidates

Judicial

The filing period began on June 18, 2018, for judicial races. The candidate filing ended on June 29, 2018.[1]

Due to legislation passed by the General Assembly of North Carolina in 2018 and a series of subsequent lawsuits, judicial primaries were canceled for 2018. To learn more, click here.

Superior court

18A

General election candidates

18B

General election candidates

18D

General election candidates

19C

General election candidates

District court

Seat 1

General election candidates

Seat 2

General election candidates

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: North Carolina elections, 2018

About the county

See also: Guilford County, North Carolina

The county government of Guilford County is located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The county was first established on January 26, 1771.[2]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Guilford County, North Carolina
Guilford County North Carolina
Population 488,406 9,535,483
Land area (sq mi) 645 48,622
Race and ethnicity**
White 55.2% 68.7%
Black/African American 33.9% 21.4%
Asian 4.9% 2.9%
Native American 0.5% 1.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) 2.6% 3.1%
Multiple 2.7% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 8% 9.4%
Education
High school graduation rate 89.1% 87.8%
College graduation rate 36% 31.3%
Income
Median household income $53,261 $54,602
Persons below poverty level 15.8% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Six of 100 North Carolina counties—6 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Bladen County, North Carolina 9.39% 1.97% 2.07%
Gates County, North Carolina 9.07% 4.11% 5.22%
Granville County, North Carolina 2.49% 4.54% 6.58%
Martin County, North Carolina 0.43% 4.65% 4.64%
Richmond County, North Carolina 9.74% 2.95% 1.50%
Robeson County, North Carolina 4.27% 17.41% 13.78%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won North Carolina with 49.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 46.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1792 and 2016, North Carolina voted Democratic 53.5 percent of the time and Republican 25 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, North Carolina voted Republican all five times with the exception of the 2008 presidential election.[3]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in North Carolina. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[4][5]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 40 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 38.3 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 44 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won three districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 80 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 22.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 76 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 27.7 points. Trump won five districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

See also

Guilford County, North Carolina North Carolina Municipal government Other local coverage
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