New Bern summer elections will be heating up after slim margins and candidates unable to obtain a majority vote have led to three separate runoff elections for mayor and alderman. If the races get even closer, the winner could be determined in an unusual way.
Several New Bern candidates lead after Tuesday night s election with slim margins of victory, however, the Craven County Board of Elections says there are still provisional and mail-in ballots to be counted.
The contested New Bern aldermen were all nail biters and after it was all said and done, one incumbent was taken down, another was re-elected, and one ward found its new representative.
Earlier this week, the New Bern Sun Journal surveyed the residents of New Bern as to who they think will win the upcoming mayoral and aldermen elections. The results are in.