Municipal election season officially began Monday, July 7, when candidates across Northeast North Carolina and from across the state started filing to run for local partisan and nonpartisan offices.
Published below is a list of the candidates who filed on the first day. An ongoing list will be updated as we approach the end of the filing period on July 18.
The candidate filing period opened at the start of business Monday and runs through noon on Friday, July 18, unless otherwise specified in a municipality’s charter or by local session law.
Filing takes place at each county’s board of elections, not through the State Board of Elections in Raleigh. Prospective candidates must file a notice of candidacy and pay the appropriate filing fee, which varies by municipality and office.
Chowan County
Edenton Town Council
- Craig Miller at large
- Elton Bond 4th ward
Pasquotank County
Elizabeth City Council
- Javis Gibbs – 2nd Ward
- Kem Spence – 3rd Ward
- Joseph Peel – 1st Ward
- Johnson Biggs – 1st Ward
Bertie County
Windsor
- Lewis Hoggard – Mayor
- Lewis Dameron – Town Commissioner
- Randy Keith Whitaker – Town Commissioner
Town of Aulander
- Joseph Jernigan – Town Commissioner
- Ronald Poppell – Town Commissioner
- Candace Fay – Town Commissioner
Washington County
Plymouth
- Jerry Rose — Ward 2
- Micah Weathersbee — Ward 1
Tyrrell County
Columbia
- Sandra Owens for mayor
Perquimans County
No one filed as yet for anything
Gates County
No one filed as yet for anything
Hyde County
Off-year – no election