North Buncombe County-wide turnout falls behind 2006


By Matt Tate Voter turnout in Buncombe


County was 45.35 percent for


Tuesday’s (Nov. 2) election, be- low the 49 percent of voters who turned out for the midterm elec- tions in 2006. Most North Buncombe dis-


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tricts reported a roughly 25 per- cent turnout Tuesday. In the two biggest area races,


U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler defeated Republican challenger Jeff Mill- er, and U.S. Sen. Richard Burr easily defeated Elaine Marshall, the Democratic challenger. Republican and Woodland


Hills resident John Carroll lost to Susan Fisher for District 114 of the N.C. House of Represen- tatives and R.L. Clark, another Woodland Hills resident, lost to Democratic incumbent Martin Nesbitt in the N.C. Senate Dis- trict 49 race.


Voters cast their ballots at Woodfin Community Center.


NBHS graduate wins district attorney Susan Doyle, a former Weaverville resi-


dent and a graduate of North Buncombe High School, easily captured her second term as district attorney for District 11 serv- ing Johnston, Lee and Harnett counties near Raleigh. She defeated challenger George Murphy. Doyle is known for her prosecution of


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doyle.com, she was the third prosecutor in the state to obtain a first-degree murder conviction for a habitual impaired driver who killed an innocent victim. Doyle has prosecuted every vehicular homicide case that involved an impaired driver in John- ston County since 1995. From Oct. 1, 2009, through Sept. 30 of this year, the DWI Court in Johnston County convicted 426 out of 479 defendants for an 88.9 percent conviction rate.


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