Incumbents at the state and federal level did very well in Western North Carolina. BPR caught up with the Macon County Republican Party in the town of Franklin as they celebrated their victories. Macon County, a traditionally conservative county, stuck with that trend. State Senator Jim Davis (R) and State Representative Kevin Corbin (R) both won. This will be the 5th term for Davis and the 2nd for Corbin. Record turnouts encourage Corbin that he is representing the people well. "That's always a good thing when there is a high voter turnout I think you get a better representation of what the people really think and what the people really want," says Corbin. Incumbent Sheriff Robbie Holland (R) also won his 5th term. Macon County Republican Chairman Carla Miller says that the Republican base was energized to turn out by the Brett Kavanagh confirmation hearing as well as news about the caravan of asylum seekers from Honduras. She shared that they have had 183 new Republican volunteers