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Sophia Brixey and Jerome L. Purdie have filed for seats this week on the Bladen County Board of Education, the Elections Office announced Tuesday.

Brixey, a Democrat, filed Monday for one of the three countywide seats on the board. Purdie, also a Democrat, filed Tuesday for a seat in District 3. Neither candidate currently serves on the board.

Filing continues until noon Friday at the Bladen County Board of Elections Office, 301 South Cypress Street, Elizabethtown. The primary, if needed, is scheduled May 17 and the general election is set for Nov. 8.

Here is a list of candidates who had filed for office through Tuesday, March 1. (D) is Democrat and (R) is Republican:

BLADEN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

District 1: Arthur A. Bullock (D)

District 2: Charles Ray Peterson (R)

District 3: Cameron McGill (R)

BLADEN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

County-wide: Cory Singletary (D), Vince Rozier (D), Sophia Brixey (D)

District 1: Gary N. Rhoda (D)

District 2: Berry Lewis (R)

District 3: Jerome Purdie (D), Keith Locklear (R)

BLADEN COUNTY CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT

Althea Dixon Weaver (D)

Jason Britt (R)

Cristin Hursey (R)

BLADEN COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS

Beverly T. Parks (R)

BLADEN COUNTY SHERIFF

Gary S. Edwards (R), Jim McVicker (R), Hakeem Brown (D)

Here is a list of candidates who have filed for federal, state, and judicial offices through March 1:

U.S. SENATE

Democrats: Rett Newton, Constance (Lov) Johnson, Chrelle Booker, Cheri Beasley, Greg Antoine, Alyssia Rose-Katherine Hammond, Tobias LaGrone

Republicans: Jen Banwart, Ms. Lee A. Brian, Benjamin E. Griffiths, Charles Kenneth Moss, Lichia Sibhatu, Pat McCrory, Drew Bulecza, Ted Budd, Leonard L. Bryant

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

District 7: Yushona Midgette (D), Charles E. Evans (D), David Rouzer (R), Max Southworth-Beckwith (R)

N.C. SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE

Seat 3: Lucy Inman (D), Richard Dietz (R)

Seat 5: Sam J. Ervin IV (D), April C. Wood (R), Trey Allen (R)

N.C. COURT OF APPEALS

Seat 8: Julee Tate Flood (R), Carolyn Jennings Thompson (D)

Seat 9: Beth Freshwater Smith (R), Donna Stroud (R), Brad A. Salmon (D)

Seat 10: Gale Murray Adams (D), John M. Tyson (R)

Seat 11: Darren Jackson (D), Michael J. Stading (R)

N.C. STATE SENATE

District 9: Brent Jackson (R)