County

County Commissioner, Wilkes County

Vote for: 2
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 3
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A county commissioner is one of the members of the board that adopts the county budget, sets the property tax rate and oversees county government.

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G. Keith Elmore

Republican

The gist

Supports updating the county ordinance to regulate hyperscale data centers
Proposes the next property revaluation within four to six years
Supports renewing the county's rescue squad contract

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Supports updating the county ordinance to regulate hyperscale data centers
Elmore, Greene, Woodie seek board seats
Candidate questionnaire · Wilkes Journal-Patriot · Sep 15, 2026 · journalpatriot.com
“I think we should update the county’s high impact ordinance to specifically address and regulate hyper scale data centers and their potential impacts.”
Proposes the next property revaluation within four to six years
Elmore, Greene, Woodie seek board seats
Candidate questionnaire · Wilkes Journal-Patriot · Sep 15, 2026 · journalpatriot.com
“I believe the next reevaluation should be done in 4 to 6 years.”
Supports renewing the county's rescue squad contract
Elmore, Greene, Woodie seek board seats
Candidate questionnaire · Wilkes Journal-Patriot · Sep 15, 2026 · journalpatriot.com
“I do believe we should renew the contract with the rescue squad which provides high-level rescue services.”

Joe Woodie

Democratic

The gist

Supports a one-year moratorium on data centers
Supports doing property revaluations in-house
Pledges to recruit industries offering quality-paying jobs

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Supports a one-year moratorium on data centers
Elmore, Greene, Woodie seek board seats
Candidate questionnaire · Wilkes Journal-Patriot · Sep 15, 2026 · journalpatriot.com
“I think the county needs to do a one year moratorium and consider the pros and cons from start to finish”
Supports doing property revaluations in-house
Elmore, Greene, Woodie seek board seats
Candidate questionnaire · Wilkes Journal-Patriot · Sep 15, 2026 · journalpatriot.com
“I feel like it could have been done in-house.”
Pledges to recruit industries offering quality-paying jobs
Elmore, Greene, Woodie seek board seats
Candidate questionnaire · Wilkes Journal-Patriot · Sep 15, 2026 · journalpatriot.com
“We need to find a way to bring companies and industries back to Wilkes to offer quality paying jobs”

H. S. Greene

Republican

The gist

Opposes doing property revaluations entirely in-house
Supports paying firefighters and volunteer responders
Supports prioritizing schools and the community college

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Opposes doing property revaluations entirely in-house
Elmore, Greene, Woodie seek board seats
Candidate questionnaire · Wilkes Journal-Patriot · Sep 15, 2026 · journalpatriot.com
“In house re-evaluations I think would put too much work on our county employees”
Supports paying firefighters and volunteer responders
Elmore, Greene, Woodie seek board seats
Candidate questionnaire · Wilkes Journal-Patriot · Sep 15, 2026 · journalpatriot.com
“We’re going to have to figure out a way to pay our firefighters and volunteers to get them.”
Supports prioritizing schools and the community college
Elmore, Greene, Woodie seek board seats
Candidate questionnaire · Wilkes Journal-Patriot · Sep 15, 2026 · journalpatriot.com
“Our schools and community college should be a priority to prep our kids’ futures”

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