ROCKINGHAM — District Attorney Jamie Adams will go on to face Republican challenger Todd Scott after winning the Democratic primary on Tuesday.
Adams, who is running for her first election, defeated a challenge by Herman Little for the District 21 seat with 60.15% of the vote.
A Detroit native, Adams was appointed to the seat in 2024 by then-Gov. Roy Cooper to replace the retiring Reece Saunders, who had been DA for more than a decade. Little, currently assistant attorney general, formerly served as an assistant district attorney under Saunders.
While Little secured a majority of votes in his home county of Richmond, voters in Scotland County overwhelmingly opted for Adams, who also had the most votes in Anson County.
“I am grateful for all the citizens of Richmond, Anson and Scotland counties, I am grateful for my opponent,” Adams said in a video posted Wednesday morning. “Thank you for stepping up and for placing your name on a ballot.
“If people haven’t gone through this process, they have no idea, they don’t understand the grind, the time away from family, the commitment — not only the commitment to the process, but the commitment to the citizens of the communities that you seek to serve.”
Adams went on to wish Little “the absolute best in anything you decide to do in your future.”
“As we move forward as a community, focusing on the resources and the opportunities and the things to make this place that we all call home a better place,” Adams continued. “It’s a collective effort, and together, we can continue to do it and to make it happen.”
In the U.S. House of Representatives race for the District 8 seat, Union County’s Colby Watson was victorious in the Democratic primary (47.91%) over Richmond County’s Kevin Clark (37.14%) and Mecklenburg’s Jesse Oppenheim (14.95%). Watson will go on to face Republican Congressman Mark Harris in November.
Former governor Roy Cooper landed 92% of the vote over five other political opponents to earn the Democrat slot on the ballot for U.S. Senate. Likewise, former chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Whately won his respective primary over six other candidates.
Cooper and Whately overwhelmingly had the most votes in their respective primaries in Richmond County.
The two will face off in November for the seat being vacated by Sen. Thom Tillis.
In the race for seats on the N.C. Court of Appeals, Michael C. Byrne won the Republican primary for Seat 1 to challenge incumbent John Arrowood, and Christine Walczyk won the Democratic primary for Seat 3 and will face Craig Collins.
Michael Legrand
According to the Richmond County Board of Elections, Michael Legrand was the only unaffiliated candidate to garner enough signatures — 4% of the county’s registered voters — to be placed on the ballot for the Richmond County Board of Commissioners.
Legrand ran unaffiliated in 2024 and was also previously a candidate on the Democratic ticket.
Incumbent Commissioners Justin Dawkins and Jason Gainey, along with fellow Republicans Laverne Schultz and Terry Lewis, will be on the November ballot following the primary, as will Democrat candidates Linda Ross and Cameron Wright.
All results are unofficial until canvassing on Friday, March 13.
