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Saluda, North Carolina

2026 election results. 2 contests on Saluda's ballot in North Carolina's official results. Mayor: Tangie Morgan ahead across 2 counties. City Commissioner: Summer Mauldin Flynn and Ellie Varn ahead across 2 counties.

2 contests on Saluda's ballot

From North Carolina's official results file, where the contest's name gives Saluda as its place. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

Cities & towns

City of Saluda Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Tangie Morgan18848.2%
Gilbert Mata18447.2%
Rebecca Emory164.1%

Tangie Morgan ahead across 2 counties. Votes by county: Henderson County 7, Polk County 383.

City of Saluda City Commissioner 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Summer Mauldin Flynn17826.8%
Ellie Varn16024.1%
Teddy Stevens10616.0%
Curtis Flower9414.2%
Chad Blotner8212.3%
Cory Emory416.2%

Summer Mauldin Flynn and Ellie Varn ahead across 2 counties. Votes by county: Henderson County 14, Polk County 650.

Statewide races in Polk County

U.S. Senate

Michael Whatley
51.5%5,217
Roy Cooper
46.2%4,681
Shannon Bray
1.4%141
100% counted

These are Polk County's votes, which include Saluda's. Statewide: Roy Cooper wins. Called.

Results for Saluda alone aren't in the state's file for these races. Polk County's page has its U.S. House results and its other local contests.

Sources & scope

North Carolina's official results, file posted Nov 13, 5:05 PM. Unofficial until certified. This page lists the contests whose names in that file give Saluda as their place; other contests on Saluda voters' ballots, such as school boards and districts, are on Polk County's page and Henderson County's page.