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LOCAL OFFICES · NOVEMBER 3, 2026

Burke County Board Of Education Central District
2026 election results.

Candidate and choice votes for the whole contest, across all eligible counties. County-only contest in Burke County. Observed leaders are not race calls or certified winners.

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WHOLE-CONTEST RESULTS

Every candidate. Exact counts.

Vote for 1
29,681 candidate / choice votes100% ED precincts · 31/311 choice allowed
Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Tiana BeachlerRepublican18,14861.14%6,75611,2281640
Mark SmithDemocratic11,53338.86%2,8548,3123670

Election Day precinct reporting is not the percentage of votes counted. These reported results remain unofficial; this site does not call races or certify outcomes.

FOR A CLEAR BRIEFING

The count, with its context.

Burke County Board Of Education Central District — whole-contest votes. Tiana Beachler leads the published count. Vote gap: 6,615; margin: 22.29 percentage points. 29,681 candidate/choice votes; 100% ED precincts (31/31). Snapshot collected Nov 5, 2026, 12:53 PM EST. Unofficial reported results; not a race call or certification. Source: NCSBE public feeds. https://nc.zkqxcw.com/2026/races/burke-county-board-of-education-central-district--county-12-2/

ELIGIBLE COUNTY BREAKOUTS · 1 COUNTY

Where these votes were reported.

CountyLeading candidate / choiceVote totalED precinctsCandidate detail
BurkeTiana Beachler29,681100% ED precincts (31/31)
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Candidate / choicePartyVotesShareElection DayEarly in personMailProvisional
Tiana BeachlerRepublican18,14861.14%6,75611,2281640
Mark SmithDemocratic11,53338.86%2,8548,3123670
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County detail and aggregate publications may be fetched at different times. A difference is a synchronization observation, not evidence of an error. Missing county detail is not treated as zero.

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Collection: Nov 5, 2026, 12:53 PM EST. Snapshot: c59c17e70268d2fd. Contest ID: county:12:2.

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