Macon County May 5, 2026 Primary Election Results

By Macon County Chronicle

The unofficial results of the county wide primaries have been recorded. The primary was on Tuesday May 5, 2026.

There were a total of 3,839 total votes cast which represents a 23.5% voter turnout (out of 16,328 registered voters). There were primaries for both the Republican and Democratic parties.

In the Republican primary:

County Mayor: Rick Shoulders 1,679 votes (45.8%), Steve Jones 1,048 (28.6%), Mark Gammons 715 (19.5%), and Ryan Craighead 217 (5.9%). There were seven write-in votes.

Commissioner District 1: Phillip Snow 265 (99.6%)

Commissioner District 2 (Vote for two) Maverick Hesson 308 (44.2&), Keith Newberry 211 (30.3%), Rod Garrison 75 (10.7%), Brian Pandorf 52 (7.5%), and Stacy Kendrick 50 (7.2%).

Commissioner District 6: Michael Slayton 189 (97.9%)

County Trustee: Kim Parks 3,037 (99.9%) one write-in vote

Sherriff: Joseph ‘Joey’ Wilburn 3,214 (98.3%) fifty-five write-in votes

Circuit Court Clerk: Rick Gann 3,156 (99.9%) three write-in votes

County Clerk: Beth Dotson Fryman 2,313 (97.9%) forty-nine write-in votes

Register of Deeds: Molly Jones Anderson 1,745 (48.5%), Lori Morgan Gregory 1,182 (32.8%), Kastonia Newberry Herron 671 (18.6%) one write-in vote

In the Democratic primary:

Commissioner District 8: Katherine Whatley Vincent 10 (100%)

Winners of these primary races will now move forward to the August general election where any independent candidate will be on the ballot.