David Boraks

Davidson’s leadership will remain unchanged for two more years, as voters re-elected all five incumbent commissioners and Mayor John Woods was unopposed in Tuesday’s local election.  In Huntersville, challenger John Aneralla easily unseated four-term Mayor Jill Swain after an unusually combative election campaign.  Voters there also added three new members to the six-member Town Board, unseating incumbents Sarah McAulay and Jeff Neely.

Voters also rejected a proposal to extend County Commission terms to 4 years, from two.

Full local election results are on the NC State Board of Elections website, http://enr.ncsbe.gov/

DAVIDSON

Mayor John Woods won another term, after running unopposed. There were 127 write-in votes, up from 86 two years ago, when the turnout was higher.

In the commissioner race, all five incumbents were re-elected. Here’s the unofficial tally from the Meck Board of Elections:

CORNELIUS

In Cornelius, Mayor Chuck Travis will be back for another term, as he was unopposed.

In the Town Board race, all four incumbents running were re-elected. Current mayor pro tem Woody Washam was the top vote getter among commissioners, as he was two years ago.

The board gets one new member, physician Michael Miltich, who won election in his second try. He fills the spot left vacant by Bruce Trimbur, who did not seek re-election.

Here’s the unofficial tally in Cornelius:

NEW MAYOR IN HUNTERSVILLE

John Aneralla won Huntersville’s mayor race, capturing 59.5 percent of the vote, to incumbent Jill Swain’s 40.3 percent.

Swain had escaped with a victory two years ago, barely beating challenger Jim Puckett, now a Mecklenburg County commissioner.  She spent little on her campaign, instead urging supporters to make donations to local nonprofits. The campaign was a vicious one: Swain was the target of negative advertisements and Facebook attacks.

In a message to supporters on Facebook Tuesday night, Swain said: