Print this story | E-mail story | This story has 3 comments Add your own | iPod friendly
Filing period opens Monday
Published Saturday, February 6, 2010
Those wishing to seek elected office may begin their campaigns Monday.
Filing for county and state elections will begin at 12 noon on that day and will continue through 12 noon on Friday, February 26.
Statewide, voters in North Carolina will have the opportunity to vote on the U.S. Senate seat held by Richard Burr (R) and a number of judicial vacancies. Those judges whose terms expire include Supreme Court Justice Edward Thomas Brady and Court of Appeals Justices Ann Marie Calabria, Rick Elmore, Sanford L. Steelman Jr. and Martha A. Greer.
In the First Congressional District, the seat of G.K. Butterfield (D) will be open for those who wish to file as well.
Also up for election will be the N.C. Senate District 4 seat held by Ed Jones (D) as well as House District 5 which is represented currently by Annie W. Mobley (D) and the District 27 seat held by Michael H. Wray (D).
Local judicial races include the two District Court judgeships – the ones currently held by Alfred W. Kwasikpui and W. Rob Lewis – as well as the District Attorney, which is currently Valerie Asbell.
Sheriffs Juan Vaughan (Hertford County), Wardie Vincent (Northampton County), Ed Webb (Gates County) and John Holley (Bertie County) will also be up for reelection.
Also on the ballot will be the Clerks of Superior Court in all four counties. Those posts are currently held by John C.P. Tyler (Bertie County), Shirley Johnson (Hertford County), V. Michelle Spruill (Northampton County) and Nell Wiggins (Gates County).
The breakdown by county for those seeking election include (I denotes incumbent):
Bertie County:
Commissioner District II: Rick Harrell (I);
Commissioner District III: J. Wallace Perry (I);
Commissioner District V: Charles L. Smith (I);
Board of Education District II: Rickey Freeman (I); and
Board of Education District IV: Alton H. Parker (I).
Gates County:
Commissioner District 1: Carlton Nickens (I);
Commissioner District 2: Wade Askew (I);
Commissioner District 3: Kenneth Jernigan (I);
Board of Education (three seats): G. Douglas Lilley (I), Leslie S. Byrum (I) and Glendale P. Boone (I).
Hertford County:
Commissioner District 1: Johnnie R. Farmer (I); and
Commissioner District 2: Curtis A. Freeman (I).
Northampton County:
Commissioner District IV: Robert V. Carter (I);
Commissioner District V: Fannie P. Greene (I); and
Board of Education (three seats): Grace Edwards (I), Don Johnson (I) and Charles Tyner (I).
The locals boards of election are open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE THIS STORY?
Comments
Posted by 27910 (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 11:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sheriff Juan Vaughan has my vote and the support and votes of my entire family. I think he has done a wonderful job for that office and this County since he was selected for his post. I believe he will continue to do a great job and I urge all right thinking and law abiding citizens to support him in his campaine. God bless Sheriff Vaughan, his family and the entire staff of the Hertford County Sheriff's Office!!!!!
Posted by the_popo (anonymous) on February 7, 2010 at 2:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think Sheriff Vaughan will be the Sheriff for as long as his heart desires. He has been a wonderful asset to Hertford County and the law enforcement community as a whole. Bertie County would be lucky at best to get someone HALF as good as Sheriff Vaughan has been to his county and to his deputies. There is a reason people don't drop like flies at Hertford County S.O. and that is because people respect him for the honorable man that he is. Long live Sheriff Vaughan! May we continue to have you lead us for many years to come!
Posted by 27910 (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 9:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
@ the_popo. Thank you for those kinds remarks for Sheriff Vaughan.
Post a comment (Terms of Use Policy)
(Requires free registration.)