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Tonya McDaniel

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Tonya McDaniel
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Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A
Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

6

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

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Tonya McDaniel (Democratic Party) is a member of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina, representing District A. She assumed office on December 3, 2018. Her current term ends on December 7, 2026.

McDaniel (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners to represent District A in North Carolina. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

McDaniel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Forsyth County, North Carolina (2022)

General election

General election for Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A (2 seats)

Incumbent Tonya McDaniel and Malishai Woodbury defeated Michael R. Owens and Reginald Reid in the general election for Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tonya McDaniel
Tonya McDaniel (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.6
 
21,050
Image of Malishai Woodbury
Malishai Woodbury (D)
 
37.7
 
20,039
Michael R. Owens (R)
 
12.2
 
6,484
Reginald Reid (R)
 
10.6
 
5,647

Total votes: 53,220
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A (2 seats)

Incumbent Tonya McDaniel and Malishai Woodbury defeated incumbent Fleming El-Amin, Phil Carter, and Gardenia Henley in the Democratic primary for Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tonya McDaniel
Tonya McDaniel Candidate Connection
 
27.4
 
3,413
Image of Malishai Woodbury
Malishai Woodbury
 
23.8
 
2,967
Fleming El-Amin
 
23.1
 
2,879
Phil Carter
 
15.9
 
1,984
Image of Gardenia Henley
Gardenia Henley
 
9.7
 
1,212

Total votes: 12,455
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Michael R. Owens and Reginald Reid advanced from the Republican primary for Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A.

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Forsyth County, North Carolina (2018)

General election

General election for Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A (2 seats)

Tonya McDaniel and incumbent Fleming El-Amin won election in the general election for Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tonya McDaniel
Tonya McDaniel (D)
 
57.8
 
25,971
Fleming El-Amin (D)
 
42.2
 
18,937

Total votes: 44,908
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A (2 seats)

Tonya McDaniel and incumbent Fleming El-Amin defeated incumbent Everette Witherspoon and Tony Lewis Burton III in the Democratic primary for Forsyth County Board of Commissioners District A on May 8, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tonya McDaniel
Tonya McDaniel
 
27.5
 
3,348
Fleming El-Amin
 
25.3
 
3,077
Image of Everette Witherspoon
Everette Witherspoon
 
24.0
 
2,915
Tony Lewis Burton III
 
23.2
 
2,822

Total votes: 12,162
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Tonya McDaniel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McDaniel's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Tonya D. McDaniel elected county commissioner District A in 2018. Winston-Salem native from a military family. Graduate of WSSU in Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Public Administration, and NCCU with a Masters in Public Administration.

Employed with United Health Centers as the Public Affairs and Relations Officer, which operates the Federally Qualified Health Center.

McDaniel has three children and three grandchildren. In her spare time, she enjoys Zumba and playing Scrabble.

  • Maintaining Forsyth County Property Tax Rates
  • Building Back Better Together Forsyth County District A
  • Investing in Education and Safety
I am passionate about the redistribution of wealth of public policy.

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