<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0u6WKb_0pXCJHzh00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0u6WKb_0pXCJHzh00" width="905" height="684" > HERTFORD — Ashley Hodges won his bid for mayor in Hertford on Tuesday while Preston White won his mayoral bid in Winfall. Hodges, a sitting Hertford town councilor who serves as the council’s mayor pro tem, defeated first-time candidate Reginald White 313 votes to 192 votes, or 61.61% to 37.8%, according to unofficial results. Preston White, the mayor pro tem of the Winfall Town Council, defeated first-time candidate Jimmie D. Ritter Jr. 121 votes to 51 votes, or 69.54% to 29.31%. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Meanwhile, first-time candidates Keith Rouse and Rhonda Waters finished first and second for two open council seats in Hertford, outpacing former town councilor Gracie Felton, who finished third, and first-time candidate Virginia Harvey, who finished fourth. According to unofficial results, Rouse garnered 343 votes, or 34.3%. Waters collected 300 votes, or 30.03%. Felton finished with 200 votes or 20%, while Harvey had 155 votes, or 15.52%. In the race for two seats on Winfall Town Council, incumbent Christopher Richardson lost his bid for election, finishing third behind first-time candidate Arnetta Ormond and incumbent Cynthia Gale White Cunningham. According to unofficial results, Ormond collected 103 votes, or 31.9%, while Cunningham garnered 102 votes, or 31.68%. Richardson finished with 77 votes, or 23.91%. There were also 40 write-in votes cast in the race, which was 12.42% of the total. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Total turnout in Perquimans County for the two elections was 40.51%, according to the N.C. State Board of Elections website. <nbtemplate data-content="eyJhcGlLZXkiOiAiZDgxM2Q5Yzg3NTI3N2IzNWU0YzRmZDM0NTAyMjJkNmQiLCAiZGVzY3JpcHRpb24iOiAiU3Vic2NyaWJlIHRvIFRoZSBQZXJxdWltYW5zIFdlZWtseSIsICJldmVudCI6ICJtcF9zdWJzY3JpcHRpb25fYnV0dG9uX2NsaWNrX2V2ZW50IiwgInVybCI6ICJodHRwczovL2FwZzAxLm5ld3p3YXJlLmNvbS9zczcwdjIvZW5jL2NvbW1vbi90ZW1wbGF0ZS5qc3A_aW5pdD1zdGFydCZpbml0RWRpdGlvbj1QV1omcmV0dXJuPWh0dHBzJTI1M0ElMjUyRiUyNTJGd3d3LmRhaWx5YWR2YW5jZS5jb20lMjUyRnBlcnF1aW1hbnMlMjUyRiIsICJtZWRpYUlkIjogMTU5MzI0NiwgInRpdGxlIjogIkhvZGdlcywgV2hpdGUgd2luIG1heW9yYWwgcmFjZXMgaW4gSGVydGZvcmQsIFdpbmZhbGw7IFJvdXNlLCBXYXRlcnMgd2luIGNvdW5jaWwgc2VhdHMgaW4gSGVydGZvcmQsIE9ybW9uZCBhbmQgQ3VubmluZ2hhbSB3aW4gaW4gV2luZmFsbCJ9" data-id="MediaPlatformAmplitudeButton"></nbtemplate></div></body>

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HERTFORD — Ashley Hodges won his bid for mayor in Hertford on Tuesday while Preston White won his mayoral bid in Winfall.
                Hodges, a sitting Hertford town councilor who serves as the council’s mayor pro tem, defeated first-time candidate Reginald White 313 votes to 192 votes, or 61.61% to 37.8%, according to unofficial results.
                Preston White, the mayor pro tem of the Winfall Town Council, defeated first-time candidate Jimmie D....