These are unofficial results for all contested races in the recent special election in Curry County. As it stands, voter turnout in the county was around 25% with 4,762 ballots received out of 18,632 registered voters. Election results are made official twenty days after election day, May 18.
Southwestern Community College Board, Position 5
Maria Sudduth won the race with 60.96% of the vote. She beat out Ronn Johnson, who obtained 38.54% of the 3,376 total votes.
South Coast Education Service District, Director, Position 7, At-large
Marie Simmonds beat out Ronn Johnson, winning 61.22% of the 3,329 total votes.
Curry Health District, Director, Position 2
Derral Hawthorne won the position with 59.18% of the vote. Hawthorne beat out John Connor and Richard Burton II, who received 26.33% and 13.89% of 1,656 total votes, respectively.
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North Carolina is just beginning to see the impact the Thanksgiving holiday may have had on the state s coronavirus numbers. In a press conference Tuesday, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen said that she believes the numbers the state has seen thus far are just the beginning. It is likely the increase in COVID-19 cases reported over the last week reflect those that went to Thanksgiving gatherings already sick. Throughout the next week, the state s numbers will start to reflect those that did not know they were sick with the virus until after attending those holiday gatherings. This week, the state continuously set record numbers of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The case counts, in addition to a positive test rate of 10.5%, prompted Sec. Cohen to urge North Carolinians to consider canceling any remaining travel plans and to keep any gatherings small and outdoors this