Article Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Written By: Russell Rawlings
North Carolina’s incumbent district attorneys, many of whom were unopposed, fared extremely well in the Nov. 7 election. Thirty-seven of the existing D.A. positions, coupled with two new positions, were up for election; 32 incumbents retained their positions.
The four-year terms of Kristy Newton in District 16A and Garland Yates in District 19B do not expire this year, and an additional new D.A. position in District 19D (Moore County) awaits appointment by Gov. Easley, thus accounting for a total of 42 district attorneys who will serve North Carolina in 2007.
North Carolina district attorneys will also be hiring an additional 90 assistant district attorneys.
District attorneys elected to new positions are John Snyder in District 20B, which splits Union County, and NCBA member Brad Greenway in District 29A.
The following list denotes all of the district attorneys who were either elected or re-elected on Nov. 7; an asterisk indicates an NCBA member.
N.C. District Attorneys
(Elected/Re-Elected Nov. 7)
- Frank R. Parrish – District 1
- Seth Edwards – District 2
- Clark Everett – District 3A
- Scott Thomas – District 3B
- Dewey Hudson Jr. – District 4
- Ben David – District 5
- William G. (Bill) Graham – District 6A
- Valerie Mitchell Asbell – District 6B
- Howard S. Boney, Jr. – District 7
- C. Branson (Branny) Vickory III – District 8
- Sam B. Currin, III – District 9
- Joel H. Brewer – District 9A
- C. Colon Willoughby, Jr. – District 10
- *Susan Doyle – District 11
- Edward W. Grannis, Jr. – District 12
- *Rex Gore – District 13
- Mike Nifong – District 14
- Robert F. (Rob) Johnson – District 15A
- Jim Woodall – District 15B
- Luther Johnson Britt, III – District 16B
- *Phil Berger, Jr. – District 17A
- Ricky Bowman – District 17B
- Doug Henderson – District 18
- Roxann Vaneekhoven – District 19A
- William D. Kenerly – District 19C
- Michael Parker – District 20A
- John Snyder – District 20B
- Tom Keith – District 21
- *Garry W. Frank – District 22
- Tom E. Horner – District 23
- Gerald W. (Jerry) Wilson – District 24
- James (Jay) Gaither, Jr. – District 25
- *Peter Gilchrist – District 26
- Locke Bell – District 27A
- Richard (Rick) L. Shaffer – District 27B
- Ron Moore – District 28
- *Brad Greenway – District 29A
- Jeff Hunt – District 29B
- Mike Bonfoey – District 30