Alamance County Board of Commissioners Republican Candidates

Steve Carter

Steve Carter is seeking re-election as Alamance County Commissioner, running on a platform centered on fiscal conservatism, public services, and faith. A self-described Christian Conservative, Carter said his political involvement dates back decades to when he helped campaign for Barry Goldwater as a teenager. 

In addition to his role as commissioner, Carter previously led the Alamance Taxed Enough Already Party for 13 years. He also brings more than “35 years of commercial bank management and lending experience” which he said informs his approach to managing public finances responsibly. 

“My focus is on trying to maintain a low tax rate for our citizens in Alamance County, while at the same time providing quality public service,” Carter said. “Which means taking care of our public safety, our emergency medical services, our sheriff's department, our jail, our courts, our schools.”

Education is also a central issue for Carter, shaped in part by his family’s background in the school system. His wife Judy was an Alamance Burlington School System teacher for 27 years and his daughter is a math teacher in a middle school. Surrounded by educators, Carter said on his election website that “we must recruit and retain high-quality teachers.”

Peter Boykin

Peter Boykin is running in the Republican primary for the Alamance County Board of Commissioners on March 3.

Boykin previously ran in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor of North Carolina in 2024. Boykin said he did not originally plan to campaign during this election cycle but decided to run to get his name out there to voters. 

After running multiple campaigns, Boykin said he’s learned that voters are tired of extremism from both sides of the political aisle. 

“They care about the things that actually matter, which are a lot of the things that a county commissioner would deal with, the things that matter locally to you; taxes and jobs and immigration and police force, things that are everyday life issues,” Boykin said. 

Boykin said protecting taxpayers, having an accountable government and safer communities were top priorities for his campaign. Boykin said that while he is running as a Republican, local political positions should be non-partisan. 

“If I don’t think it’s right, if I don’t think it serves the whole community, I am going to vote no,” Boykin said. “If it’s something I believe is going to serve the whole community, I’ll vote yes.”

Boykin said he supports some police reform, such as random checks on body camera footage, educating the public on the work the police force does and holding events which would build relationships between police and the community. 

Boykin said he believes property taxes should be lowered and is in favor of a sales tax. 

Boykin acknowledged Alamance County’s growing expansion and said as development continues and more areas open up, services will have to be built in these expanding areas. 

“As a county commissioner, I will do everything that I am able to, on my end, to enable the correct building of facilities, to make sure our infrastructure is put in place,” Boykin said.

Kelly Allen

Kelly Allen is running for Alamance County Commissioner in the March 3 primary election. 

Allen has served in public office since 2009. She served as mayor of Haw River in 2019 and was re-elected for a second term in 2023. In 2024, she was appointed to the Alamance County Board of Commissioners and now serves as its chair. 

Allen did not respond to Elon News Network’s request for an interview. 

Before becoming a politician, Allen worked as a nurse in Alamance County for 43 years, including time at Burlington Pediatrics. A lifelong Alamance resident, she graduated from Walter M. Williams High School and Alamance Community College's nursing program. She has resided in Haw River for nearly fifty years. 

Allen's website says her campaign is centered on fiscal responsibility, public safety, and infrastructure and growth.

“Alamance County deserves leadership that is steady, fiscally responsible, and grounded in faith and integrity,” wrote Allen on her campaign website.

As mayor of Haw River, Allen wrote that she worked to stabilize the town’s finances and secure grant funding for infrastructure improvements. She hopes to strengthen the fire department and support redevelopment projects. 

Her priorities include budgeting, support for emergency services and law enforcement, infrastructure improvements without increasing the tax burden, and continued support for local schools. Allen's website highlights her community involvement, noting volunteer work with local schools and veteran organizations.

Henry Vines

Henry Vines is running in the Republican primary for Alamance County Board of Commissioners on March 3. 

Vines previously ran for the Board of Commissioners in 2020.

Vines said he has worked with both the Alamance County Farm Bureau and the North Carolina State Farm Bureau. He said he could apply his experience as a farmer to operating the county productively. Vines also said he supported utilizing artificial intelligence to operate the county more efficiently. 

Vines said his main policy issue is to address property taxes which he says have gone up in the last three years. Vines said he supports lowering property taxes and raising the sales tax. He says this would help to alleviate the burden on property owners. 

“That would be a huge asset to raise in revenues for the county, that would not impact anyone that greatly,” Vines said. “Of course in sales tax, half the time you’re paying it anyway.”

To address the large growth of Alamance County, Vines said there needs to be an ordinance or zoning plan to confront the new development.  

“The only way to control this is by having some form of planned development so this industry and residential and commercial don’t intertwine with each other and cause issues,” Vines said. 

In his experience with the farm bureau Vines has had to work with legislators in the past. He says he can find common ground with anyone to find a shared goal which would help citizens. 

“I have that ability to bring together a relationship that we can all work together and we have to work together because if we don’t, there’s no way we can ever come up with the best solution to any problem regardless of what it is,” Vines said.

Jeff Throneburg

Jeff Throneburg is running in the Republican primary for Alamance County Board of Commissioners on March 3. 

Throneburg has not run for public office before and has spent much of his career working in construction. Throneburg said previous negative interactions with the commissioner’s board caused him to start speaking to members of the Alamance County community to see if they were aware of what actions the board was taking. When he found many people were unaware, he said he was motivated to inform the public which led to him running for county commissioner. 

“During the whole process, I’m out asking Alamance County citizens, ‘are you aware what the county’s doing,’” Throneburg said. “They had no idea, so there is a huge lack of public awareness in Alamance County.”

Throneburg said his career in construction has allowed him to communicate with the people directly, something which he says he will continue to help address problems. Throneburg said hearing people's concerns allows him to know what issues people are facing. 

“How you help those people in Alamance County is you take their concerns back to the county government level and you start working on addressing them,” Throneburg said. “But you can’t do it unless people will put their personal differences aside and work towards a common goal.”

Throneburg said he values transparency and supports community town hall meetings the public can attend. He says the current county commissioners have not made the public aware of issues the county is facing. 

Throneburg said the county budget, supporting first responders and school teachers are major concerns to his campaign. To do this Throneburg suggested going after the waste that already exists in local government and eliminating it to save money. 

He also suggested a quarter-cent sales tax increase. He says this increase would take some of the burden off people living in Alamance County and place it on those who are passing through along interstate 80 and interstate 40.