Elections
Nov 3/09
Elected
Officials
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Federal |
Senator
Richard Burr
Representative
Patrick McHenry
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State |
Agriculture Commissioner
Steve Troxler
Labor Commissioner
Cherie Berry
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Lincolnton City Elections were held Nov 3,
2009
Winner!
Mayor:
JOHN O. GILLELAND, JR. (2 year term)
119 Labans Lane
Lincolnton, NC 28092
704-735-9221 (Home)
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John has lived in Lincolnton
for most of his 49 years. Now the president of
Gilleland and Associates, a realty estate
investment and property management company, he
is a 1978 graduate of Lincolnton High School and
earned a B.A. from UNC-Charlotte in 1982.
He is a former school board
member, an elder at Freedom Church, treasurer of
the Optimist Club and on the board of the
Lincoln Country Club.
Gilleland promised to “work to control
taxes, water and sewer rates in order to ease
the burden on senior citizens and encourage new
business.” |
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Winner! (but under protest by Democrats)
Ward 1: TIM
SHAIN (4 year term)
811 North Oak Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
704-732-3292 (Work)
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Shain, originally from the Louisville, Ky, area,
has lived in Lincoln County for about 18 years
and currently resides on North Oak Street. A
former U.S. Marine, Shain is director of global
engineering services for the wireless division
at Commscope in Hickory.
Shain believes his experience in running a large
business organization will be valuable if he is
elected. |
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Close but no cigar (82 votes shy)
Ward 3: JERRY
(JAY) THOMAS (4 year term)
913 South Aspen Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
704-732-8741
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Thomas, who has worked for Bowe Bell+Howell
Company for 25 years, has lived in Lincolnton
for about six years and resides on South Aspen
Street.
He
is a 1983 graduate of the Control Data Institute
in St. Louis, Mo.
Thomas' goals if elected include eliminating
waste, boosting efficiency using modern business
management concepts, avoiding tax and utility
rate increases, doing right by city employees
and recruiting new industrial employers and home
construction to the city.
Although filing in conjunction with the
Republicans, Thomas was actually registered as an
unaffiliated voter. He was registered for
a long time as a Republican, but changed in
order to vote in the last Mayoral primary.
Since the election he has changed his
affiliation to Republican. |
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