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Jackson: Positive leadership wins in Winterville
Winterville’s incumbent mayor won re-election Tuesday night after three-way race. Doug Jackson received 39 percent of the 1,368 votes cast in Pitt County’s second largest municipal election. The three-man race included Winterville Alderman Tony Moore and Calvin Henders, president of the Pitt County branch of the NAACP. All votes are unofficial until the Pitt County Board of Elections conducts a canvass on Nov. 10. Jackson received 536 votes, Calvin C. Henderson received 439 votes and Tony Moore received 393 votes. Jackson said he thinks voters responded to his 31 years of municipal experience as a Greenville police officer and 12 years of experience as mayor of Winterville. “As my ad said, it was positive leadership that did it,” Jackson said. Henderson, who unsuccessfully challenged Jackson for the fourth time, said he still wanted to see what the final canvass’ outcome would be. “I don’t want to have any official comment until all is counted. It was close, and we put on a good race,” Henderson said. “I would have liked to have won but life goes on,” he said. “We worked hard, we were working to win but it didn’t happen that way. We pick up the pieces and go on. “I commend Mr. Jackson on a victory,” he said. “We are not bitter because we lost.”
Comments
By Bob
November 3, 2009 11:55 PM | Link to this
Mayor Jackson: Congratulations! You have done a great job and ran a good, honest race. It is nice to see that sometimes the well-deserving really do end up on top. Mr. Moore- you are a good man too. But, your continual, over-the-top desire to seek office, any office is wearing REAL thin.
By Jean
November 4, 2009 9:35 AM | Link to this
Doug, Congratulations!! You have proven that you have positive leadership and the good people of Winterville are saying by their votes A JOB WELL DONE!! Keep up the good work.
By mr.knowitall
November 4, 2009 11:59 AM | Link to this
Henderson,, you think the water tower park naming might of damage your chances of being mayor… your coments on that was a direct link on what kind of leader you would have become.. time to go away.. c ya