BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Denise “DD” Adams will take on U.S. Rep. Virginia
Foxx in November.
After more than a year of campaigning, Adams won
her primary against fellow Democrat Jenny Marshall.
Adams, a city council member who represents
Winston-Salem’s North Ward, got about 54 percent of the
Rep. Foxx
vote ana Marsnau, ascnooi
teacher and first-time
politician, got about 45-per
cent of the vote, according
to unofficial results. Just
over 14 percent of regis
tered voters cast their bal
lots in all races statewide.
The 5th District con
tains parts of 11 counties,
including all of Forsyth.
CAMPAIGN
Adams won Forsyth County,
while Marshall led in the
other parts of the district.
The district is heavily
Republican, which has led to decisive General Election
victories in the past for Foxx, who is in her sixth term.
Foxx won her primary against challengers Dillon Gentry
and Cortland J. Meader Jr. with 80 percent of the vote. As
of April 18, Foxx’s campaign had nearly $3 million on
hand compared to Adams’ campaign, which had
$4,579.93 on hand and had raised $131,074.93 overall.
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Photo by Todd Luck
5th Congressional District candidate Denise “DD” Adams celebrates her primary win on Tuesday night.
Photo by Timpothy Ramsey
The watch party celebrates as news spreads of Kimbrough's victory in the pri
mary.
Democratic primary
winner for sheriff,
Bobby Kimbrough,
shares a moment with
his campaign manager,
Cindy Hagie Fraser,
after being notified of
his victory.
Kimbrough wins Democratic
primary for sheriff
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE _
We now have an answer to who
the Democratic winner is for the
office of sheriff. With 85 percent of
the precintcts reporting, Bobby
Kimbrough has won the nomination
to the General Election in landslide
fashion over Tim Wooten and Clif
Kilby.
Kimbrough led with 71 percent of
the vote with 86 of the 101 precintcts
reporting at the time this article was
written. Kimbrough held a watch
party at Carolina's Vinyard & Hops to
wait out the results.
Many of his family, friends and
supporters were on site to witness his
triumph. As the results continued to
come in, the mood in the room
became more and more jubilant as his
lead spread wider throughout the
evening.
As Kimbrough received notifica
tion he had won, it seemed as though
it was a foregone conclusion as his
lead was never in jeopardy.
Kimbrough expressed the fight is not
over as he will now face off against
incumbent William Schatzman in the
fall.
“I am very humbled by the expe
rience and grateful to the people that
came out and voted regardless of who
they voted for,” said Kimbrough. “I
am happy for the support that the
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McDaniel,
El-Amin win
Commission
seats
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
In the battle for the two seats up for grabs in District
A on the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners,
incumbent Fleming El-Amin and Tonya McDaniel came
away with the victories over Tony Burton and incumbent
Everette Witherspoon.
McDaniel, a city native and graduate of Winston
Salem State University, was the top vote getter in the
closely contested race.
The director of human
resources at United Health
Centers, McDaniel is also
the second vice president of
the Winston-Salem NAACP
chapter.
Although she is consid
ered a newcomer to the
political stage, in 2012 McDaniel served as Earline
Parmon’s campaign manager and credits Parmon for
showing her the ropes. McDaniel said she decided to run
because District A needed a “vision for constituency.”
She said while attending the Women’s March on the Polls
earlier this year, she decided enough was enough and
made the decision to run.
In a post on her official Facebook page where she is
discussing her reasons for running McDaniel wrote, “It
takes a lot of courage, strength, and tenacity to run in an
all-minority male dominated race for Forsyth County
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Rev. Jackson
Rev. Jackson:
“We must fight
the Right Now
fight”
BY BUSTA BROWN
THE CHRONICLE
“I once asked Rosa Parks, I said ‘Mrs. Parks, why did
n’t you give up your seat and go to the back? You could
have been killed, or beaten. Five thousand lives have been
lynched.’ She said, ‘I thought about going to the back, but
then I thought about Emmett Till, and I couldn’t go back,”’
said Rev. Jesse Jackson as he addressed the students, their
families and faculty at Bennett College’s 2018
Baccalaureate Service this past Friday, May 4.
The Annie Memer Pfeiffer Chapel on the campus of
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