1 / County Commissioners

Elected Officials:

Commissioner, District 1, Chairman: Bryan King (Republican)

bryan.king@rutherfordcountync.gov / (828) 287-6060

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Commissioner, District 5, Vice Chairman: Alan Toney (Republican)

alan.toney@rutherfordcountync.gov / (828) 287-6060

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Commissioner, District 2: Donnie Haulk (Republican)

donnie.haulk@rutherfordcountync.gov / (828) 287-6060

​Notable: Owns @138, Forest City event space

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Commissioner, District 3: Hunter Haynes (Republican)

hunter.haynes@rutherfordcountync.gov / (828) 287-6060

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Commissioner, District 4: Michael Benfield (Republican)

michael.benfield@rutherfordcountync.gov / (828) 287-6060

Notable: Sits on the board for Trinity Christian School.

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Staff: 

Clerk to the Board: Hazel Haynes (Unaffiliated)

hazel.haynes@rutherfordcountync.gov / (828) 287-6045

2 / Rutherford County Schools

Elected Officials​

Superintendent: David Sutton (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (No Listed Number)​

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Board Chair, Member-At-Large: Phillip Morrow (Republican)

pmorrow@rcsnc.org/ (No Listed Number)​

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Vice Chair, RS District: Angel King (Republican)

angelk@rcsnc.org/ (No Listed Number)​

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Board Member, RS District: Brandi Nanney (Republican)

bnanney@rcsnc.org/ (No Listed Number)​

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Board Member, Chase District: Thomas Crawford (Republican)

tcrawford@rcsnc.org/ (No Listed Number)​

Notable: The only dissenting vote in the vote to close the ROC.

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Board Member, Chase District: April Mayse (Republican)

aprilm@rcsnc.org/ (No Listed Number)​​

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Board Member, East Rutherford District: David Linder (Republican)

dlinder@rcsnc.org/ (No Listed Number)​

Notable: The only dissenting vote in the vote to close Mt. Vernon-Ruth Elementary.​

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Board Member, East Rutherford District: Tracy Short (Republican)

tshort@rcsnc.org/ (No Listed Number)​

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Administrative Staff

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3 / County Court System

Clerk of Courts: Steve Owens (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (No Listed Number)​

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Register of Deeds: Rachel Thomas (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (No Listed Number)​

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District Attorney: Ted Bell (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (No Listed Number)​

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Superior Court Judge: J Thomas Davis (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (No Listed Number)​

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District Court Judge: Corey J MacKinnon (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (No Listed Number)​

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District Court Judge: Ellen M. Shelley (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (No Listed Number)​

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District Court Judge: Robert K. Martelle (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (No Listed Number)

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District Court Judge: A. Michelle McEntire (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (No Listed Number)

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4 / Law Enforcement

Elected Officials:

Sheriff: Aaron Ellenburg (Republican)
james.ellenburg@rutherfordcountync.gov / (828)-287-6247

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Staff, Rutherfordton PD:

Chief of Police: Clint Ingle (Republican)

​cingle@rutherfordton.net / (828) 287-5062, ext 5

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Staff, Forest City PD:

Chief of Police: Chris LeRoy (Republican)

chrisleroy@townofforestcity.com / (828) 245-5555​

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Assistant Chief of Police: Chris Weeks (Republican)

chrisweeks@townofforestcity.com / 828-248-5233

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Staff, Spindale PD:

Chief of Police: Chad Nazelrod (Republican)

(No Listed Email) / (828) 286-3464

3 / Rutherfordton

Mayor​

Jimmy Dancy (Unaffiliated)

jdancy@rutherfordton.net / (828) 287-7997

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Council Members

Council: Stanley L. Clements (Republican)

sclements@rutherfordton.net / (828) 287-5489

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Council: Alan Herrick (Unaffiliated)

aherrick@rutherfordton.net / (828) 287-3520

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Council: Dr. Doug Sheets (Unaffiliated)

dsheets@rutherfordton.net / (828) 429-5554

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Council: Doris Crute (Democrat)

dcrute@rutherfordton.net / (No Listed Number)

6 / Forest City

Mayor

​Steve Holland (Republican)

steveholland@townofforestcity.com / (No Listed Number)

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Commissioners

​Commissioner, ADA, Planning & Adjustment: John Mark Bennett (Unaffiliated)

 jmbennett@townofforestcity.com / (No Listed Number)​

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​Commissioner, ABC, Forest City Owls Liaison: Chris Lee (Unable to Confirm Party Affiliation)

chrislee@townofforestcity.com / (No Listed Number)

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​Commissioner, Beautification and Cemeteries: Dee Dee Bright (Republican)

deedeebright@townofforestcity.com / (No Listed Number)

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​Commissioner, Housing Authority, Library: Shawn Moore (Republican)

shawnmoore@townofforestcity.com / (No Listed Number)

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​Commissioner, Recreation Commission: Joey Brandle (Republican)

joeybrandle@townofforestcity.com / (No Listed Number)

7 / Spindale

Mayor

Nancy Walker (Republican)

nwalker@spindalenc.net / (No Listed Number)

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Commissioners

Commissioner and Mayor Pro-Tem: Glen Harmon (Unaffiliated)

gharmon@spindalenc.net / (No Listed Number)

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Commissioner: Rosaleen Francis (Democrat)

rfrancis@spindalenc.net / (No Listed Number)

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Commissioner: Amy Cowan (Republican)

acowan@spindalenc.net / (No Listed Number)

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Commissioner: Ricky Ledbetter (Republican)

rledbetter@spindalenc.net / (No Listed Number)

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Commissioner: Jonathan Bland (Republican)

jbland@spindalenc.net / (No Listed Number)

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