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Second time a charm for Brown in District 81
, BYERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
A Republican tidal
wave swept across th’e
nation Tuesday evening,
and Davidson County
was no exception.
Republican Rayne
Brown defeated Incum
bent Hugh Holliman for
the North Carolina House
District 81 seat, ousting a
man who had served the
district for five terms and
yvas a House majority
leader.
Brown garnered 57.60
percent of votes cast com
pared to HoUiman’s 42.40
percent — an unexpect
edly wide margin even
given the anti-Democrat
sentiment nationwide.
“I’m stiU trying to
fathom what happened
Tuesday,” said David
son County Republican
Chair Lance Barrett, who
gathered at the J. Smith
Young YMCA in Lexing
ton with Brown and oth
er Republican supporters
to watch the results come
in. “When I saw the num
bers coming up, we were
just walk
ing around
pointing at
the screen.
We were
just look
ing at the
screen
looking at
each other
with our
mouths open.”
Brown garnered 8,688
votes in the General
Election, whUe Holli
man only managed 6,395.
That more than 2,200-vote
margin was almost 1,000
Brown Holliman
votes high
er than the
difference
b e.t w e e n
the candi
dates in the
2008 Gen
eral Elec
tion, when
Holliman
gained
12,972 votes to Brown’s
11,592.
In the 2008 election.
Brown was a political
newcomer and Holliman
faced a challenger for the
first time in two election
cycles.
And victory this time
around sure tasted sweet
for the Republican Party
“It was the end of a suc
cessful season,” Barrett
said. “We were hoping to
do a clean sweep, and we'
did. However, I was sur
prised by the margins. I
didn’t expect the margins
to be as big as they were.
It’s probably historical in
this county for the mar
gins to he that big.”
The main reason for the
gap was simple, Barrett
said — the widespread
discontent with the par
ty now controlling the
White House.
“Looking back on it
now a day later, seeing
what I’m seeing across
the state and country, it
was just a higger wave
than anyone saw com
ing,” Barrett said. “A lot
of this was directed to
ward Washington. Local
Democrats that got wiped
out, they owe it to what’s
going on in the White
House. I think the local .
See BROWN, Page 4
Grice pulls
votes from
both sides
of the aisle
- BY ELIOT DUKE
Staff Writer
;3|ayidson County Sher
iff ;David Grice is taking
afl-'the fun out of the elec
tion process.
Eor the
s e'-c 0 n d
time' this
year, Grice
scored a
decisive
victory at
the poUs,
but this
one really Grice
counted as
the incumbent Republi
can sheriff retained his
job following a resound
ing win over Democratic
challenger Tommy Ev
ans. Grice garnered 76
percent of the turnout
Tuesday night in outgain-
ing Evans 31,368 votes to
9,580.
“I’m extremely proud
of the confidence that
% k
ili
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The Perfect Gift
Local woman proves it’s better to give than receive
BY LISA WALL
Editor
E leanor Bradford has seen
her share of birthdays. So,
when her four daughters
asked what she wanted for her
90th birthday on Oct, 25 of this
year, “Ms. EUie,” as she’s affec
tionately known, had something
in mind other than presents.
“She said, ’I don’t need any
thing, but if you , want to do
something then I’d like to give
back to the community that has
given so much to me,”’ recalled
daughter Margaret Szeliga, who
lives in Keswick, Va.
Instead of presents, Bradford
asked for her family to use the
money to make a food donation
to Cooperative Community Min
istry — a request they gladly em
braced.
In fact, their mother’s gesture
on generosity came as no sur
prise. ,
'She has always want
ed to lend a helping
hand if she could and
was always thank
ful for what she does
have.'
—- Margaret Szeliga
“She has always wanted to lend
a helping hand if she could and
was always thankful for what she
does have,” Szeliga said. “It was a
life lesson that her and my father
instilled in us from a young age
— that it’s better to give than to
receive. Lending a helping hand
to a neighbor is just something
that has always been at forefront
of how she raised us and of how
she’s lived her life.”
“What we were so touched
with is that at 90 years old, she
is so aware of the true meaning
of life. It was so typical of her to
say I don’t need anything so let’s
help someone less fortunate. We
all thought it was a great idea
and not unusual of her to think
beyond herself.”
Daughters Debbie Everhart
of Thomasville, Barbara Jones
of Walkertown and Lea Sedier
of Edwin, Okla., along with
Bradford’s five grandchildren,
13 great-grandchildren and a
niece, then collected nearly 400
items and delivered them to the
ministry
“It was kind of fun because
we put together items that could
make a meal out of, such as pas
ta and sauces, a vegetable and a
fruit,” Szeliga said.
For CCM, Bradford’s act of
good will couldn’t have come at
a better time.
See GIFT, Page 6
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Results leave
no room for
bipartisan
politics
BYERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
Davidson County cer
tainly bled red Tuesday
night as local election
restilts rolled in favoring
the Grand
Old Party
Though
not a sur-
prising
turn of
events that
the four Re
publican
candidates
for County
Commis
sioner won
the four
open spots,
the margin
of victory
across the
board of
Republi- Watford
cans over
Democrats
was stag
gering.
“It kind
of went
like all
the post
ers said it
was going
to, didn’t
it?” said
incumbent
Republi
can Sam
Watford. “I
was very
pleased. I
think the
people have
definitely
spoken.”
Incumbent Bfily Joe
Kepley sat top of the pack
with 18.04 percent of the
votes. Newcomer Todd
Yates came in second
with 17.94 percent, and
incumbents Don TrueU
and Watford took the last
two open spots with 17.59
percent and 17.62 percent,
respectively
“I was pleasantly sur
prised that I won reelec
tion,” Kepley said. “I was
impressed very much by
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