Heading to the polls
By Steve Herring
Published in News on November 6, 2017 4:44 PM
Full SizeVoters in Mount Olive, Walnut Creek, Seven Springs, Eureka and Pikeville go to the polls Tuesday to elect town board members.
Positions on five of the county's sanitary district boards will be filled as well.
The polls opened at 6:30 a.m. and will close at 7:30 p.m.
Early voting, which started Oct. 19, ended this past Saturday at noon with only 191 casting ballots.
Mount Olive will elect a new mayor and new District 1 and District 4 representatives.
There also is a race for the at-large seat.
Mayor Pro-Tem and District 4 Commissioner Joe Scott is in a three-way mayoral race with former town commissioner Jessie "Jack" Faison and James H. Mayo Jr.
Mayor Ray McDonald Sr. did not seek re-election.
In District 1, Vicky Darden and Hobert Yates are competing for the seat now held by Commissioner Kenny Talton who did not seek re-election.
At-large Commissioner Jerry Harper is being challenged by Steve Wiggins.
The Rev. Dennis Draper is running unopposed in District 4 for the seat now held by Scott.
Barbara Kornegay is unopposed in District 3. She was appointed to the seat in June after Tom Preston resigned to move to Wilmington.
District 2 Commissioner Harlie Junior Carmichael is unopposed in his re-election bid.
There is a four-way race for two seats on the Pikeville Town Board.
In Eureka, no one filed for mayor or the two town board seats up for election.
They will be filled by write-in votes.
In Pikeville, Charles Hooks III is unopposed for mayor.
There are two board seats on the ballot. Incumbent board member Michael Herring is seeking re-election. Also filing were Eric Snoddy, Russell Carpenter and Jimmy Gardner.
The sanitary districts elections are:
• Belfast-Patetown: Six people filed for the five board seats, incumbents Ray Sullivan, Ben Casey, Fred J. Newcomb, Dawn Anderson and Landis H. Davis; and C.L. Minchew.
• Eastern Wayne: Four candidates filed for five board seats, incumbents, Daryl Ray Anderson and Ervin Watts; and Brandon Gray and Anthony L. Smith.
• Fork Township: Four filed for three board seats, incumbents Henry Braswell, Tim Gardner and Danny F. Hope; and Dan E. Seymour.
• Southeastern Wayne: Six filed for five board seats, incumbents Bobby Outlaw, Charlie M. Holloway, James A. Taylor and Rudy Peedin; and Philip Shivar and Debony T. Jones.
• Southern Wayne: Two filed for two board seats, incumbents Sally R. Bowles and Gary Scott.