By Miles Layton
COLUMBIA — While I was walking by the water, Tyrrell County Board of Election Director Emily Kirkman Hodges texted to tell me that three people were elected to the county’s Board of Education.
She’s right – my mistake, so to clarify, Tuesday’s top three voter getters — Jana Liverman Rawls (266 votes/37.31%), Joni Marie Liverman (219 votes/30.72%) and Karen Page Clough (145 votes/20.34%) – were elected. A fourth candidate, Monica Liverman, received 81 votes/11.36%, with a write-in candidate garnering two votes. Vote totals are unofficial until the canvass, and provisional ballots will be added to the final tally on Friday.
Overall, there were 723 voters in this midterm primary, just under the 782 votes in 2022.
Seeing the results clarified – this makes me happy and I learned something. Rawls is an awesome person – long career in education. And Joni and Karen were re-elected — they do a great job serving the BOE. With a new school being built – this is a great board.
And praise should go to Monica Liverman – we need good people like her to step up to run for office.
Last word goes to Hodges – when asked what the best part about living in Tyrrell County, she answered, “I am so incredibly thankful to call Tyrrell County home. Nothing beats the quiet, rural and the tight-knit community atmosphere I grew up with right here.”
Agreed!
Anyone who needs to reach out to me on Facebook — my icon, or whatever it’s called, is a white cross in a marsh that says Christ is life.
Subscribe — it’s free!