Williams Wins Race For Sheriff (The Warren Record)

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LDF Attorneys
Cooperating Attorney
- Leslie J. Winner
Organization
- LDF
Matter
- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
Collection
- Case Files
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Identifier
- 7da65cfc-db92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Working Files - Guinier. Williams Wins Race For Sheriff (The Warren Record), 1982. 7da65cfc-db92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/5a0964f0-3d29-40d2-aad5-8ec99a599b8a/williams-wins-race-for-sheriff-the-warren-record. Accessed October 11, 2025.

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votlt dordrS cbaltag-
cr^ . D,oncy- Ceppr,
Wamco'rehle(deputy.
:. SUlao* a natiw of
Warrro Cdy, lGd tb.
tktet tucsday as il3'perc6!t of flarrro'r
EJOI elgibleDeoocmts
red to eG polls. Slrce
bc tu oo Reubllcan
opDGi.UoE In Novem',
bads general decdoq
Wlltlaos ls assured dtallng offIcc in
Dec.embcr.

25c ier Copy Wednesday, July 28, 1982

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clac.ts. Cappr carrtcd
only Eewtrce, Snlth
ffi and Norlina p,re-
dnc.tr, la addldur to the
abceotee vote, wtich hc
wuljle b0l.

A pr.clBct-by-pre-
crDct tally rcvcals that
mlllans bu[t tds 51-
vots lead as follows:
(Ftgues shor WU-
liaog's total flrst,
Cappc's totel seclod)
' River, 187-113;
Sipounq l4S1*{; Hsr-
tree, 22&26{; Smith
Creek, 97-136; Nuthsh,
{fi}-l{l; Sandy Ctcel,
flI2-L87; Shoc'co, 223.89;

iFlsHnS Geel 237-ls;
JudldDq 1&138; West
Warrcotoo, 573-332;

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crattc prfoary Earted
tbocad drtit€ dsnina
6oo of tbe trrreoember
Ferreo ConntyBoad o(

,Coomlrsloncrs as
frencbAIstaL a tack
Norline hrlagssoaa,
dcfeated hir wldte op

. p@ent, former Mansoo
Postnester Eltls E.
nen n& by r vote of
9)nt,\r/3.

- A strmg sboring by
AIst@ itr predmioanty
black peefurcts resutted
in bis bcin8 norainated
as the third b!,ack on tbe
board" Since there is no
Republican oppositton
in Noveute, he will
Join incrmbent corumis.
sioner George E.
Shearir and newcomer
!{rs" Eva ll,t Clayton,
both blacks, on the
Warren board ne:t
Decenber.

Flenlirg, rbolhished
sccood ia a four<andi-

date race lor tbe seat
foroerly held by
Comoissioner Clyde
E<hrards, oade a strong
shoring despite a rccent
turnout wblch largely
followed racld lines.
flcming von in River,
Sirpound, Ilawtree,
Soith Creek, Norlina
aad East \flarrenton
prectrts, as well as
gsining a 13?.52 rnargin
in absentee votcs.

Alston's big margiru
came inNutbush, wbere
he led 36&170, and ln
West Warrenton, wtrich
he took 514-361. He also
carrled Sandy Creek,
Shocco, Fishing Cteelq
Judkins, Fork and
Roanoke as he built his
lead.

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Williams Wins Race For Sheriff (The Warren Record)

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