Heavy Area Election Turnout 

Over 76 % of registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s general

election in Burke County. With all 33 precincts reporting, 44,398 people

voted out of 58,308 registered voters.

In McDowell County, with 17 precincts reporting, 23,006 people had

voted out of 29,895 registered voters, which is almost 77%.

Catawba County reported that 83,047 people voted out of 108,862 registered

voters. Out of 40 precincts reporting, about 76.3% of registered voters

had cast ballots. And in Caldwell County, 77.7% of 54,771 registered

voters had cast ballots, which means 42,555 people voted, with all 20 precincts

reporting.

Burke Election Results

Jeff Brittain, Scott Mulwee and Johnnie Carswell were the leading

vote getters for three seats available for Burke County Commissioners.

Brittain led the way with about 24.4%, followed by Mulwee at around

23.6% and Carswell about 22.9%. Other candidates receiving votes

include Dorian Palmer with 10.3%, Diane Ervin Conley about 10.2%

and Matthew Lucas Church with around 8.7%.

In the State Senate race District 46, Warren Daniel received over 68%

of the vote, with Edward Phifer at about 32%.

For State House District 86, Hugh Blackwell recorded almost 70% of

the vote, with Cecilia Surratt around 30%, and in State House District 112,

David Rogers had almost 78% of the vote with Ed Hallyburton at about

22% of the vote.  

Prison Sentences  

A Taylorsville man was given a prison sentence of 10 to 13 years after

he pleaded guilty to various charges Tuesday, during Catawba County

Superior Court. 27-year-old De Andre Jerome Mack was convicted for

attempted first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, assault by

strangulation, assault inflicting serious injury and misdemeanor assault

on a governmental official.

In another case Tuesday, 46-year-old Carl Reese Bullabough of Hickory

was sentenced to 44 to 65 months in prison, after being convicted of

assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury,

assault by strangulation and communicating threats.