No recount in Kitty Hawk mayor’s race as Walker becomes mayor elect

Left, Gary Perry and Charlotte Deloach Walker.

(Credit: League of Women’s Voters Candidate Forum October 14, 2025 – Town of Kitty Hawk)

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice

Although he was eligible to ask for a recount, Dare Elections Director Kelly McPherson said that Kitty Hawk mayoral candidate Gary Perry has submitted a letter stating that he will not contest the results. With that decision, current Kitty Hawk Council Member Charlotte Deloach Walker is mayor elect following the Nov. 4 voting.

With the Canvass that was conducted on Friday, Nov. 14 now complete, McPherson said official results show Perry, a former Kitty Hawk Mayor, trailed Walker by only three votes. Any candidate who is behind by a 1% margin or le

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