In all precincts, plus one-stop and absentee voting, 35 percent of registered voters in the county cast ballots.

Democrat Kay Carroll and Republican David Rouzer will face off in November for the N.C. Senate District 12 seat.

Carroll lead Patricia Oliver 71 percent to 29 percent in Johnston, and Rouzer lead Nena Reeves 70 percent to 30 percent in Johnston.

District 12 also includes parts of Wayne County, and Wayne voters also chose Carroll and Rouzer.

Johnston voters in the Republican gubernatorial primary overwhelmingly threw their support behind the man vacating that seat, Fred Smith of Clayton. Locally, he led all five candidates with about 64 percent of the vote.

Statewide, with 46 counties reporting, Smith was second to Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory. McCrory got about 45 percent of the vote, to Smith’s 38 percent.

For County Commissioner District 4, Democrats Glenn McLamb lead challenger Donald J. Byrd by 176 votes with 36 of 37 precincts reported.

McLamb got 7,817 votes, for 50.6 percent, to Byrd’s 7,641, for 49.4 percent.

Ray Woodall, the Republican incumbent County Commissioner from District 2, easily defeated challenger Ted Godwin.

Woodall pulled 63 percent of the vote while Godwin got 37 percent.

In non-partisan District Court judge races in District 11, incumbent George Murphy will face challenger Paul A. Holcombe for his bench seat, and sitting judge Charles Bullock will face Gary Ragland to keep his seat.

In Clayton, more than 70 percent of voters said “yes” to a $4 million bond for parks and a $3 million bond for streets.

Hillary Clinton won Johnston’s voters in the Democratic primary even though Barack Obama captured the majority of the vote statewide. She carried 52 percent of the vote in Johnston to Obama’s 45 percent.