BY MILES LAYTON

Published below is the latest list of folks who have filed for office in our coverage area of Northeast North Carolina – there are some new names.  

Local elections matter more than the crap going on in DC and Raleigh. Washington can’t balance a budget or seem to agree about whether the Epstein list exists and Raleigh ignores everything east of I-95.  

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.

An ongoing list will be updated as we approach the end of the filing period on Friday, July 18.   

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

Looks like the race for the at-large seat on Town Council is now a two-person contest

• Craig Miller – At Large
• Regina Bond – At Large

Looks like the race for the Third Ward seat on Town Council is now a two-person contest

• Aaron Coston – 3rd Ward
• Haywood Coston – 3rd Ward

Fourth Ward 

• Elton Bond – 4th Ward

Pasquotank County

Elizabeth City Council

• Kirk Rivers has filed for reelection as mayor 
• Joseph Peel – 1st Ward
• Johnson Biggs – 1st Ward
• Javis Gibbs – 2nd Ward
• Kem Spence – 3rd Ward
• Katherine Selton – 3rd Ward 

Looks like the race for the Third Ward seat on Town Council is now a three-person contest for two seats.  

• Ronnie Morris – 4th Ward
• Tim Jackson – 4th Ward
• Barbara Baxter – 4th Ward

Perquimans County

Hertford

• Penni Brown – Hertford Town Council
• Evan Copeland – Hertford Town Council 

Winfall

• Ronald Smirlock – Winfall Town Council
• Deborah Long – Winfall Town Council

Washington County

Plymouth

• Benjamin Sexton – Mayor 
• Selona O’Neil – Ward 1
• Micah Weathersbee — Ward 1 
• Jerry Rhodes — Ward 2 
• John Shelton – Ward 3
• Steven Brown – Ward 3
• Kim Williams – Ward 3 

Creswell

• Ronald Ambrose – Town Commission 

Roper

• Denise Blount – Mayor 

Bertie County

Windsor — 2 seats

• Lewis Hoggard – Mayor
• Lewis Dameron – Town Commissioner 
• Randy Keith Whitaker – Town Commissioner
• William Bessey – Town Commissioner
• Jonathan Powell – Town Commissioner 

Town of Aulander — 3 seats

• Joseph Jernigan – Town Commissioner
• Ronald Poppell – Town Commissioner
• Candace Fay – Town Commissioner 
• Marshall Cain – Town Commissioner
• Jerome Dail Jr. – Town Commissioner
• Bridget Cherry – Town Commissioner
• David Conner – Town Commissioner
• Ebone Balance – Town Commissioner 
• Latasha Bulgin — Town Commissioner

Town of Colerain — 3 seats

• Wilber Fairless – Town Commissioner 

Town of Kelford — 5 seats

• Kenneth Cain – Mayor 
• Ahmad Vaughan – Mayor 
• James Case – Town Commissioner
• Gary Scott Jr. – Town Commissioner
• Raymond Eaton – Town Commissioner 
• John Eaton — Town Commissioner
• Randy Robtoy — Town Commissioner

Town of Powellville — 3 seats

• James Peele — Mayor
• Cadale D. Taylor – Town Commissioner
• Hattie Askew — Town Commissioner

Town of Roxobel – 4 seats

• Gary Johnson — Mayor
• Sharon Jones – Town Commissioner
• Samuel Pruden — Town Commissioner
• Robert Phelps — Town Commissioner
• Joseph Pittman — Town Commissioner

Town of Askewville — 3 seats

• Gloria Bryant – Mayor 
• Nicholas Pritt – Town Commissioner
• Michael Baker – Town Commissioner
• Carla Pesce – Town Commissioner

Town of Lewiston-Woodville

• James Earl Pugh – Mayor
• Patrick Walton Sr. – Town Commissioner – Lewiston District — 1 seat
• Linda Gilliam – Town Commissioner – Woodville District — 1 seat

Per Bertie County BOE – Please note that the towns of Powellsville and Windsor vote according to the Nonpartisan Primary and Election Method. If the number of candidates for the contest is greater than twice the number of seats to be elected, there will be a Primary Election. The Primary will trim the number of candidates down to twice the number of seats. For example, if there are 7 candidates running for 2 seats, the top 4 vote-getters in the Primary would advance to the General Election. If needed, the Primary Election would occur on Tuesday, October 7th before the General Election on Tuesday, November 4th.

Tyrrell County

Columbia 

• Sandra Owens — Mayor
• Helen Teresa Ayers — Mayor
• W. Hal Felming – Town Council 
• Lynda Mastronardo – Town Council
• Nancy Jean Lambert – Town Council