<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3D5Yto_1GrbLSth00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3D5Yto_1GrbLSth00" width="678" height="381" ><figcaption>Stanly County voters decided municipal races across 10 towns and cities Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)</figcaption></figure>ALBEMARLE — Voters across Stanly County chose municipal leaders Tuesday, with Mike Lambert, David Hunt and Michael E. Snyder Jr. winning Albemarle City Council seats and three candidates emerging from an eight-person Locust council race.Unofficial returns from the Nov. 3 election covered 18 contests in 10 municipalities, including mayoral races and town board seats.Lambert won Albemarle’s closely contested at-large City Council race with 1,787 votes, edging Chris Bramlett by 85 votes. Bramlett received 1,702 votes, while Lisa Kiser finished third with 1,046.In a postelection statement, Lambert thanked his family, supporters and voters while expressing enthusiasm for his upcoming term.“I’m honored and humbled by the trust our community has placed in me to serve on Albemarle City Council,” he said. “I’m looking forward to working alongside my fellow City Council members and city staff.”Albemarle’s at-large race was the closest of its three council contests, with just 85 votes separating Lambert and Bramlett.Hunt won the District 2 seat with 595 votes, ahead of Jake Furr (325) and Tom Stubbs (150).In Albemarle’s District 4 race, Michael E. Snyder Jr. defeated four challengers with 411 votes. David Morgan finished second with 332 votes, followed by Peter Asciutto with 313, Scott St. John with 175 and Bill Shafer with 112.Locust voters selected Mandy Watson (1,079 votes), Richard Burr (815) and Patty Harris (754) for three City Council seats. Finishing behind them were Jeff Claiborne (589), Barry Sims (557), Roger L. Hypes (391), Joseph Abbatiello (333) and George “Giorgio” Prisco (285).Watson led the crowded field by 264 votes over Burr. She retained her seat, while fellow incumbents Sims and Hypes fell short. Mayor Steve Huber ran unopposed. Locust spans Stanly and Cabarrus counties.In Oakboro, Wes Tucker (600), Latoya Jackson (589) and Lanny Hathcock (487) secured three commissioner seats, defeating Bud Smith (423).Derek Starnes received 133 votes and Timothy Higgins 124 to win two New London commissioner seats. Sidney “Sid” Lanier had 95, followed by Julie Wittman with 83. Mayor Tate P. Daniels was unopposed.Carson Yuckel (156) and Kevin Almond (136) won Richfield’s two commissioner seats over David D. Fraley (86). Mayor C.J. Crisco faced no opposition.Stanfield elected Brent E. Holbrooks (462) and Greg Lucas (382) to its Board of Commissioners, ahead of Marcus Christensen (152). Mayor James Kluttz was unopposed.Other uncontested races included Misenheimer Village Council candidates Jon Byers, Lane Peeler and Stephanie Webster; Norwood’s Wes Hartsell and Keith Morgan; and Red Cross council members Lisa Lowder and Andrew W. Smith.Badin’s three unopposed council winners were Dale Ward for the at-large seat, Charlie Council for the East District and Jackie L. Burch for the West District.Municipal elections are nonpartisan, and each contest appeared only on ballots for residents of the respective city or town.</div></body>

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ALBEMARLE — Voters across Stanly County chose municipal leaders Tuesday, with Mike Lambert, David Hunt and Michael E. Snyder Jr. winning Albemarle City Council seats and three candidates emerging from an eight-person Locust council race. Unofficial returns from the Nov. 3 election covered 18 contests in 10 municipalities, including...

Lambert, Hunt, Snyder win Albemarle council races

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ALBEMARLE — Voters across Stanly County chose municipal leaders Tuesday, with Mike Lambert, David Hunt and Michael E. Snyder Jr. winning Albemarle City Cou

Lambert, Hunt, Snyder win Albemarle council races

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