SOUTHEASTERN N.C. (WECT) – Here is a breakdown of the unofficial winners of races across Southeastern North Carolina in the 2025 North Carolina Municipal Election:

NEW HANOVER COUNTY

Wilmington – Mayor

27 of 27 precincts reporting

• Jonathan Barfield: 5,067 votes
• Billy Craig: 7,411 votes
• Bill Saffo: 12,093 votes

Wilmington – City Council

27 of 27 precincts reporting

• Clifford Barnett: 6,647 votes
• Chakema Clinton-Quintana: 11,464 votes
• Richard Collier: 9,350 votes
• Sean Guerrero: 777 votes
• JC Lyle: 11,875 votes
• Kelly Roberts: 6,506 votes
• Cassidy Santaguida: 11,568 votes
• Luke Waddell: 10,571 votes

Carolina Beach – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Lynn Barbee: 1,092 votes
• Youssef Hassan: 301 votes

Carolina Beach – Town Council

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Vince Losito: 1,041 votes
• Wayne Rouse: 1,122 votes

Kure Beach – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Kure Beach – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Byron Ashbridge: 385 votes
• Mark Dirks: 358 votes
• Tracy Mitchell: 118 votes

Wrightsville Beach – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Wrightsville Beach – Board of Aldermen

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Margaret Baggett: 490 votes
• Hank Miller: 453 votes
• Todd Schoen: 469 votes
• Lee Williams: 58 votes
• David Wortman: 356 votes

BRUNSWICK COUNTY

Bald Head Island – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Peter Quinn: 159 votes
• Scott Thomas: 120 votes

Bald Head Island – Village Council

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Debra Drumheller: 82 votes
• Slaughter Fitz-Hugh: 174 votes
• Andrew Hano: 81 votes
• Jesse Hermann: 193 votes

Belville – Mayor

3 of 3 precincts reporting

• Nia Moore: 87 votes
• Chuck Bost: 179 votes

Belville – Town Commissioner

3 of 3 precincts reporting

• Hunter Smith: 208 votes
• Ryan Merrill: 214 votes

Boiling Spring Lakes – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Michael Ellis: 472 votes
• Jeff Winecoff: 583 votes

Boiling Spring Lakes – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Todd Ausborn: 519 votes
• David Mammay: 401 votes
• Kim Sherwood: 547 votes
• Ernie Siriani: 512 votes

Bolivia – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Bolivia – Board of Aldermen

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Jonathan Hayes: 13 votes
• Hannah Hrvol: 11 votes
• Dewey Smith: 14 votes
• Melissa Kay Walters: 12 votes

Calabash – Town Commissioner

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Shaun Bellamy: 95 votes
• Frank Strungis: 90 votes
• Bill Wilham: 95 votes

Carolina Shores – Mayor

2 of 2 precincts reporting

Carolina Shores – Town Commissioner

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Jeff Alt: 273 votes
• Jack Brinson: 229 votes
• Andrew Davis: 198 votes
• Walter Goodenough: 75 votes
• Debbie Watts: 507 votes

Caswell Beach – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Kathleen Berry: 117 votes
• Martha Dollinger: 89 votes
• Thomas Jarvis: 86 votes
• Connie Silverstein: 67 votes

Holden Beach – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Mike Felmly: 172 votes
• Alan Holden: 394 votes

Holden Beach – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Chad Hock: 235 votes
• Sylvia Pate: 337 votes
• Keith Smith: 306 votes
• Maria Surprise: 234 votes

Leland – Town Council

7 of 7 precincts reporting

• Leland Hyer: 2,588 votes
• Bill McHugh: 2,401 votes
• Frank Pendleton: 3,142 votes
• Edgar Robbins: 371 votes
• Susan Waleed: 1,763 votes

Navassa – Mayor

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Jerry Merrick: 123 votes
• Ernest Mooring: 96 votes
• Rose Terry: 162 votes

Navassa – Town Commissioner, District 1

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Tony Burgess: 72 votes
• Ida Dixon: 111 votes
• Marcell Hatten: 99 votes
• Craig Suggs: 145 votes
• Wanda Jones Willis: 217 votes

Northwest – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Sheila Grady: 186 votes
• James Knox: 35 votes

Oak Island – Mayor

6 of 6 precincts reporting

• Christopher Brown: 1,551 votes
• Douglas DeArros: 77 votes
• Liz White: 1,493 votes

Oak Island – Town Council

6 of 6 precincts reporting

• Tommy Brown: 1,296 votes
• Chasey Bynum: 1,391 votes
• Chip Frazier: 765 votes
• Kerri McCullough: 1,024 votes
• Reece Simmons: 332 votes
• Scott Stephenson: 1,175 votes

Ocean Isle Beach – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Ocean Isle Beach – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Polly Bristow: 168 votes
• Mark Robertson: 230 votes
• Wayne Rowell: 209 votes

Sandy Creek – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Sandy Creek – Town Council

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Johanna Didrill: 26 votes
• Austin Lentz: 19 votes

Sandy Creek – Town Council, Unexpired Term

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Rebecca Wilkins: 23 votes

Shallotte – Mayor

5 of 5 precincts reporting

• Art Dornfeld: 331 votes
• Walter Eccard: 249 votes

Shallotte – Board of Aldermen

5 of 5 precincts reporting

• James Bellamy: 399 votes
• Eugene Vasile: 382 votes

Southport – Mayor

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Rich Alt: 848 votes
• Joe Pat Hatem: 1,208 votes

Southport – Board of Aldermen, Ward 1

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Robert Carroll: 920 votes
• Mike Crosbie: 908 votes
• David Miller: 763 votes
• Karen Mosteller: 987 votes

Southport – Board of Aldermen, Ward 2

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Nelson Adams: 365 votes
• Katie Boyd: 0 votes
• Bonnie Bray: 793 votes
• Paul Gross: 860 votes

St. James – Town Council

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Dennis Barclay: 895 votes
• Jim Board: 1,069 votes
• Peter Cudlip: 286 votes
• Ray Irvin: 576 votes
• Jeffrey Lewis: 625 votes
• Bill Miller: 895 votes

Sunset Beach – Mayor

3 of 3 precincts reporting

• Shannon Phillips: 1,321 votes
• Nicholas Peters: 547 votes

Sunset Beach – Town Council

3 of 3 precincts reporting

• Sean Arnold: 1,127 votes
• William Brougham: 896 votes
• Katie Bordeaux: 1,482 votes
• Gerard Byrnes: 667 votes
• Richard Dysinger: 684 votes

Sunset Beach – Town Council, Unexpired Term

3 of 3 precincts reporting

• Michael Hargreaves: 600 votes
• Christie Batchelor: 1,264 votes

Varnumtown – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Varnumtown – Board of Aldermen

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Lori Galloway: 37 votes
• Jeremy Ridenhour: 26 votes

PENDER COUNTY

Atkinson – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Atkinson – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Hector Ramos: 25 votes
• Penny Stith: 21 votes

Burgaw – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Burgaw – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• James Malloy: 126 votes
• Myura McDuffie: 116 votes

St. Helena – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Robert Barnhill: 28 votes

St. Helena – Town Council

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Neil Benton: 31 votes
• Judy Katalinic: 25 votes

Surf City – Town Council

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Hugh Canady: 680 votes
• Andy Pleil: 1,000 votes
• Jillian Rodrigues de Miranda: 466 votes
• Jeremy Shugarts: 184 votes

Topsail Beach – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Topsail Beach – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Alex Arab: 137 votes
• John Best: 178 votes
• Nancy Thomason: 179 votes
• Tim Zizack: 110 votes

Watha – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Joseph Craig: 8 votes
• Samuel Miller: 11 votes
• Rachel Stadsvold: 10 votes
• Ken Fountain: 15 votes

BLADEN COUNTY

Bladenboro – Mayor

2 of 2 precincts reporting

Bladenboro – Town Commissioner

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Jeff Atkinson: 94 votes
• Cris Harrelson: 87 votes
• Gregory Sykes: 86 votes
• Joey Todd: 60 votes

Clarkton – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Stephen Hester: 32 votes
• Troy Mitchell: 41 votes
• Write In: 53

Dublin – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Dublin – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Richard Sibbett: 15 votes

East Arcadia – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Lillian Graham: 40 votes
• Pamela Graham: 42 votes

Elizabethtown – Town Council

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Brenda Clark: 212 votes
• Paula Greene: 458 votes
• Penny Johnson: 41 votes
• Bobby Kinlaw: 320 votes
• Herman Lewis: 303 votes
• Rufus Lloyd: 328 votes

Elizabethtown – Town Council (Unexpired Term)

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Bruce Dickerson: 438 votes
• Robert Hester: 149 votes

Tar Heel – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Tar Heel – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Steve Dowless: 14 votes
• Derek Druzak: 15 votes

White Lake – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• James Barefoot: 163 votes
• Tim Blount: 159 votes
• Paul Evans: 147 votes
• Richard Shaw: 172 votes

COLUMBUS COUNTY

Boardman – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Eric Williamson: 20 votes

Boardman – Town Council

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Donald Britt: 20 votes
• Tevis Britt: 19 votes
• Crystal Rogers: 20 votes
• James Smith: 20 votes
• Minnie Turbeville: 20 votes

Bolton – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Bolton – Town Alderman

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Daniel Brown: 67 votes
• Barbara Jo Graham: 54 votes
• Gary Graham: 40 votes
• Kelvin Thurman: 12 votes

Brunswick – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Tammy Blackmon: 42 votes
• Curtis Hill: 53 votes
• Ricky Mason: 34 votes
• Alonzo McArthur: 31 votes

Cerro Gordo – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Cerro Gordo – Town Council

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Tracey Blackwell: 24 votes
• Jeffrey Greene: 24 votes
• Lisa McKee: 18 votes
• Debra Prince: 7 votes

Chadbourn – Town Council

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Shannon Britt: 117 votes
• Avala Nealy: 143 votes
• Rashad Roberts: 188 votes
• Andrew Worley: 85 votes

Fair Bluff – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

Fair Bluff – Town Commissioner

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Bradley Cutrell: 116 votes
• Clarice Faison: 137 votes
• Grayson Jarvis: 118 votes
• John Phillips: 63 votes

Lake Waccamaw – Mayor

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Greg Jacobs: 319 votes
• Chad Smith: 30 votes
• Matthew Wilson: 262 votes

Lake Waccamaw – Town Commissioner, East Ward

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Jerry Hinnant: 311 votes
• Scott Hyatt: 296 votes

Lake Waccamaw – Town Commissioner, West Ward

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Curtis Andrews: 285 votes
• Frank Carroll: 78 votes
• Charlyne Jacobs: 242 votes

Sandyfield – Town Council

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Perry Dixon: 56 votes
• Leonard Hall: 58 votes

Tabor City – Town Council

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Bryan Culbertson: 45 votes
• Chris Fowler: 235 votes
• Lamont Grate: 235 votes
• Mitchell Strickland: 112 votes

Whiteville – Mayor

3 of 3 precincts reporting

• Brandon Acker: 32 votes
• Terry Mann: 367 votes
• Brittany Payne: 47 votes
• Mike Schachnuk: 96 votes

Whiteville – City Council, District 1

2 of 2 precincts reporting

• Helen Holden: 173 votes
• Vickie Pait: 230 votes
• Linda Smith: 235 votes

REFERENDUMS

Holden Beach Pier Bond ($7.3 million for new pier)

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Yes: 211 votes
• No: 351 votes

Sandyfield Malt Beverage Election

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Yes: 47 votes
• No: 31 votes

Sandyfield Unfortified Wine Election

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Yes: 45 votes
• No: 33 votes

Sandyfield Mixed Beverage Election

1 of 1 precincts reporting

• Yes: 47 votes
• No: 30 votes

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and First Lady Anna Stein unveiled a pilot program focused on helping inmates with severe mental health needs successfully reenter their communities after they’re released from jail or prison. 

First Lady Stein announced the Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Team, also known as NC Fact, in front of NCDHHS staff and others at the headquarters Monday.

The $9.5 million investment will create FACT teams in Pitt, New Hanover, Wake/Durham, Buncombe, and Mecklenburg counties.

NCDHHS says the teams are part of a long-term effort by the department to support people when they are released from incarceration and will build on existing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams by addressing criminal behavior risks to divert people in need of treatment away from the criminal justice system. 

The FACT teams will provide care based on a person’s needs. Each team will assist up to 30 clients at a time.

NCDHHS says services include mental health care, housing, vocational/educational support, substance use disorder care, day-to-day living support, and referrals to other professional support services as required.

“I am pleased our state is making a targeted investment to make sure people with severe mental health conditions get the help they need,” Stein said.

NC DHHS says only a handful of states currently support FACT teams. They include a licensed professional who serves as team leader, a psychiatrist or nurse practitioner, a registered nurse, and a peer support specialist.

Other team members include substance use disorder specialists, vocational/education specialists, housing specialists, and a forensic navigator. The collaborative teams will bring in faith leaders, probation and parole staff, and family members and will include other service providers to help clients as needed.

“This new approach will improve outcomes for people with serious mental health needs by ensuring they have the resources and care they need to succeed in their communities,” said North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai. “Providing them with housing, transportation, and health care will reduce the chances they will return to jail or prison. This improves not only their health and well-being but also public safety.”

Nathan Brunson is a clinical supervisor at Carolina Outreach who will serve as a provider for the FACT team for Wake/ Durham Counties. He says the services are needed.

“It’s probably no surprise that when you provide those things to the people who need them that they do stay out of jail, they stay out of hospitals, you can reduce recidivism, and you can provide hope and recovery for a person’s mental health,” Brunson said.

Each team will receive $636,000 per year for three years. NCDHHS says the funding will flow through the local management entity/managed care organization (LME/MCO) for each area. 
The FACT teams are expected to be up and running by the end of 2025 or in early 2026.

This initiative is part of a historic investment by the NC General Assembly to build a mental health care system in North Carolina that supports all North Carolinians when and where they need it and in the setting that is best for them based upon their individual circumstances.