Politics & Government
Forsyth County 2012 Election Results
County Commissioners Brian Tam (Dist. 2) and Jim Boff (Dist. 5) win, runoff races between Ted Paxton and Duane Piper for sheriff; Mary Beth Pais and Harold Bennett for coroner; and Dist. 4 County Commissioner between Cindy Mills and Patrick Bell.
Here are the unofficial results of the 2012 General Primary in Forsyth County:
Forsyth County Sheriff (Runoff)
Candidate Percent - Votes Lauren McDonald III. - R24.96% - 6,860 Ted Paxton - R (incumbent)
47.64% - 13,093 Duane K. Piper - R 27.40% - 7,529
(25 of 25 precincts reporting)
Forsyth County Commissioner District 2
Candidate Percent - Votes Dennis Ted Brown - R 36.97% - 1,952 Scott Padis - R 5.30% - 280 Brian R. Tam - R (incumbent)57.73% - 3,048
(25 of 25 precincts reporting)
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Forsyth County Commissioner District 4 (Runoff)
Candidate Percent - Votes Patrick Bell - R (incumbent) 26.71% - 1,535 Tim Hubbard - R15.59% - 896 Charles H. Meagher - R
5.69% - 327 Cindy Jones Mills - R
44.16% - 2,538 Bill Mulrooney - R
7.85% - 451
(25 of 25 precincts reporting)
Forsyth County Commissioner District 5
Candidate Percent - Votes Jim Boff - R (incumbent) 61.46% - 3,555 John Derucki - R38.54% - 2,229
(25 of 25 precincts reporting)
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Forsyth County Coroner (Runoff)
Candidate Percent - Votes Harold Bennett - R 33.39% - 8,150 Mark. D. Musselwhite - R 23.30% - 5,688 Mary Beth Pais - R 43.31% - 10,570(25 of 25 precincts reporting)
Chief Magistrate of Forsyth County
Candidate Percent - Votes Walker H. Bramblett - NP (incumbent) 63.92% - 17,517 Barbara Cole - NP 36.02% - 9,871 Write-in - NP 0.07% - 18(25 of 25 precincts reporting)
SPECIAL ELECTION Transportation Referendum
Forsyth County/TSPLOST Percent - Votes YES - NP25.20% - 7,760 NO - NP
74.80% - 23,032
(25 of 25 precincts reporting)
State Senator from 27th District
Candidate Percent - Votes Jack Murphy - R (incumbent) 50.22% - 13,282 Steve Voshall - R 49.78% - 13,165(25 of 25 precincts reporting)
U.S. Representative in 113th Congress from the 7th Congressional District
Candidate Percent - Votes David Hancock - R 35.18% - 6,094 Steve Reilly - D 100.00% - 1,188 Rob Woodall - R (incumbent) 64.82% - 11,229(17 of 17 precincts reporting)
U.S. Representative in 113th Congress from the 9th Congressional District (Runoff)
Candidate Percent - Votes Doug Collins - R 36.74% - 3,062 Jody Cooley - D 100.00% - 344 Roger D. Fitzpatrick - R 14.70% - 1,225 Martha Zoller - R 48.56% - 4,047(11 of 11 precincts reporting)
State Representative in the General Assembly from 9th District
Candidate Percent - Votes Clint Smith - R 36.46% - 202 Kevin K. Tanner - R 63.54% - 352(1 of 1 precinct reporting)
State Representative in the General Assembly from 26th District
Candidate Percent - Votes Geoff L. Duncan - R 50.31% - 4,503 Tom Knox - R 49.69% - 4,448(11 of 11 precincts reporting)
Forsyth County Board of Education District 3
Candidate Percent - Votes Tom Cleveland - R (incumbent) 100.00% - 3,669(6 of 6 precincts reporting)
Forsyth County Board of Education District 4
Candidate Percent - Votes Darla Sexton Light - R (incumbent) 100.00% - 4,760(8 of 8 precincts reporting)
Forsyth County Board of Education District 5
Candidate Percent - Votes Nancy Roche - R (incumbent) 100.00% - 4,739(9 of 9 precincts reporting)
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Editor's Note: Results are official at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3, according to Barbara Luth, supervisor with the . Primary runoff will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 21.
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