Incumbent Jerome Myers was one of two men who filed for seats on the Clarkton Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, joining incumbent Tim Tart in the race for the two seats available.
Stephen Wayne Hester also filed for the Clarkton commissioners race Tuesday, according to Gina Ward, who is the deputy director for Bladen County Board of Elections.
The filings bring the total to 17 candidates for municipal elections set Nov. 7. However, several races still lack candidates, don’t have enough candidates to fill available seats or have only the minimum amount of candidates to fill available seats.
Deadline to file is noon Friday at the Bladen County Board of Elections on South Cypress Street in Elizabethtown. Fee is $5. For information, call (910) 862-6953.
Here is the list of candidates and openings for Bladen County’s municipal elections as of Tuesday night. (i) is incumbent:
ELIZABETHTOWN
Town Council (3 seats)
Robert (Bobby) Kinlaw
Paula H. Greene (i)
Rufus D. Lloyd (i)
Herman L. Lewis (i)
BLADENBORO
Mayor
Kenneth Kelly
Rufus (Duck) Duckworth (i)
Larry Simmons
Commissioner (3 seats)
Rodney Hester
Billy Ray Benson (i)
Jeff Atkinson (i)
CLARKTON
Commissioner (2 seats)
Tim Tart (i)
Stephen W. Hester
Jerome Myers (i)
DUBLIN
Mayor
No filings
Commissioner (1 seat)
No filings
EAST ARCADIA
Commissioner (2 seats)
Lillian Graham (i)
TAR HEEL
Mayor
No filings
Commissioner (3 seats)
No filings
WHITE LAKE
Commissioner (3 seats)
Paul Evans (i)
Mike Suggs (1)
Tim Blount (i)
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