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Jerry D. Powers currently serves as the Ashe County commissioner for North Carolina. He was first elected in 2020 and is serving his second term.

As of January 2, 2026, Jerry D. Powers did not have a website.

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Jerry D. Powers

Jerry currently serves as the Ashe County commissioner for North Carolina. He was first elected in 2020 and is serving his second term.

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As of January 2, 2026, Jerry D. Powers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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