School board · 2024
Columbus County — Board of Education
North Carolina·District 005·17,282 votes
- ✓Steve LongNonpartisan7,32742.4%
- Cam ByrdNonpartisan5,29830.7%
- Cathy C RouseNonpartisan4,52626.2%
- Write-InNonpartisan1260.7%
- Joseph SmallNonpartisan10.0%
- Jimmy PowellNonpartisan10.0%
- John BeaverNonpartisan10.0%
- Giles E "Buddy" ByrdNonpartisan10.0%
- Erin ReaganNonpartisan10.0%
Steve Long led the field by 11.7 points — 2,029 votes.
Other races in Columbus County
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor
12.4% marginColumbus County
- ✓Gary SimmonsNonpartisan11,39155.8%
- Walter C StricklandNonpartisan8,85543.4%
- Write-InNonpartisan1760.9%
Register of Deeds
UnopposedColumbus County
- ✓Kandance H BullockRepublican19,722100.0%
Board of Education001
39.5% marginColumbus County
- ✓Emily Parks GriceNonpartisan12,46269.5%
- Charles H Jacobs JrNonpartisan5,37830.0%
- Write-InNonpartisan740.4%
+3 more candidates
Board of Commissioners003
36.4% marginColumbus County
- ✓Giles E "Buddy" ByrdDemocratic2,40068.2%
- Salahudin MajeedRepublican1,11931.8%
Board of Commissioners004
UnopposedColumbus County
- ✓Lavern ColemanRepublican3,392100.0%
Board of Commissioners005
35.3% marginColumbus County
- ✓Brent WattsRepublican2,23867.7%
- Joseph "Joe" SmallDemocratic1,07032.4%
Sources & method
Precinct-level returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (2024 precinct returns by state, CC0), summed across every precinct in the contest. North Carolina reports votes split by method — election day, early, absentee by mail and provisional — with no combined row, so all four are added together. Office names are resolved to jurisdictions by our own normalizer; the unresolved remainder is published rather than hidden.