Editing Alamance County, North Carolina (section)

==Government and politics==
[[File:Alamance County Board of Commissioners meeting.jpg|thumb|Alamance County Board of Commissioners meeting in 2022]]
Lying between overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic [[Orange County, North Carolina|Orange County]] and [[Durham County, North Carolina|Durham County]] to the east, equally Democratic [[Guilford County, North Carolina|Guilford County]] to the west, and heavily conservative and Republican [[Randolph County, North Carolina|Randolph County]] to the southwest, Alamance leans Republican, though not as overwhelmingly as many other suburban counties in the Piedmont Triad. The last Democratic nominee for president to carry Alamance County was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Alamance County is a member of the regional [[Councils of governments in North Carolina|Piedmont Triad Council of Governments]]. The county is led by the Alamance County Board of Commissioners and the County Manager, who is appointed by the Board of Commissioners. County residents also elect two other county government offices: the [[Sheriff]] and [[Register of Deeds]].

Alamance County has provided North Carolina with three [[List of Governors of North Carolina|governors]] and two [[US Congressional Delegations from North Carolina#United States Senate|U.S. senators]]: Governor [[Thomas Michael Holt|Thomas Holt]], Governor and Senator [[W. Kerr Scott|Kerr Scott]], Governor [[Robert W. Scott|Robert W. (Bob) Scott]] (Kerr Scott's son), and Senator [[B. Everett Jordan]].

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|47,937|40,624|1,270|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|46,056|38,825|1,210|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|38,815|29,833|2,509|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|38,170|28,875|731|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|34,859|28,918|576|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|33,302|20,686|187|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|29,305|17,459|327|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|22,461|15,814|3,586|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|20,637|15,521|6,543|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|24,131|12,642|78|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|26,063|11,230|77|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|18,077|15,042|947|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|12,680|17,371|180|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|22,046|6,833|670|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|12,310|8,241|13,139|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|15,177|15,397|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|14,818|13,599|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|12,123|11,029|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|11,388|13,402|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|5,124|8,287|1,969|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,976|9,184|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,382|11,429|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,847|11,025|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,478|8,240|164|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,810|4,260|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|3,217|4,859|93|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|4,619|5,255|0|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,278|2,476|5|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|150|2,132|1,647|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,184|2,113|34|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,770|1,907|2|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,256|1,923|38|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,314|2,302|50|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,301|1,691|458|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,544|1,716|148|North Carolina}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,259|1,607|18|North Carolina}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|1,247|1,463|34|North Carolina}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Elected officials of Alamance County as of 2023
!Official
!Position
!Term ends
|-
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |County Commissioners
|-
|John P. Paisley
|Chair
|2024
|-
|Steve Carter
|Vice-chair
|2026
|-
||William "Bill" Lashley
|Commissioner
|2024
|-
|Pamela T. Thompson
|Commissioner
|2024
|-
|Craig Turner
|Commissioner
|2026
|-
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Other County-Wide Offices
|-
|Terry Johnson
|Sheriff
|2026
|-
|David Barber
|Register of Deeds
|2024
|}

===County manager===
Alamance County adopted the [[council-manager]] form of government in the 1970s, where the day-to-day management of county business is done by an individual hired by the commissioners' board. Since the establishment of the office, the following persons have served as county managers:

====Current manager====
Heidi York (July 2022–present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greensboro.com/news/alamance-county-commissioners-hire-hagood-as-new-county-manager/article_443c1de9-b5cd-54dd-b077-286460813db2.html|title=Alamance County commissioners hire Hagood as new county manager|last=Times-News|first=Burlington|website=Greensboro News and Record|language=en|access-date=June 21, 2019}}</ref>

====Past managers====
* Bryan Hagood (March 2017–March 2022)
* Craig Honeycutt (April 2009–March 2017)
* David I. Smith (August 2005–December 2008)
* David S. Cheek (July 1998–June 2005)
* Robert C. Smith
* Hal Larry Scott
* D.J. Walker

D.J. Walker and David Smith held dual roles as county manager and county attorney during their terms.