20 of 24 precincts have reported in Watauga County. Diane Cornett Deal will run against Wanda K. Howell for clerk of superior court.

Dan Soucek is sure to defeat Jeffrey C. Elmore in the Republican primary for State Senate District 45, as he has 83.55% of the vote. I’m calling it.

Delora H. Hodges, R. Lee Warren, and Marsha Walpole won the race for school board seats.

As elsewhere in the state, Virginia Foxx is winning by a landslide in the Republican primary for US House District 5. She currently leads by a 48% spread.