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Six candidates file for seats on school board
By Carey Phillips
Six candidates will be on the ballot for two seats on the Jackson County Board of Education in the July 20 election.
When the deadline came Friday, candidates who had filed for the District 1 seat were Mark Brooks, Jarrett Crowe, Jim Hartbarger and Barbara Jones.
District 3 candidates are Jay Coward and Thurza McNair.
Incumbents Mary Jane Dillard and James Roper are not seeking re-election.
Although the July 20 election is a primary for most races, it serves as the general election for school board. Voting is countywide, but candidates must run in the district in which they reside.
District 1 includes Barkers Creek, Dillsboro, Qualla and South Sylva precincts. District 3 includes Greens Creek, Savannah and Webster precincts.
The non-partisan school board seats will be the only local races on the ballot.
State Rep. Phil Haire, a Democrat, filed for re-election. His Republican opponent is Marge Carpenter, a former representative.
Candidates for the 50th State Senate seat are Republican incumbent Bob Carpenter, Democrat John Snow, a recently retired District Court judge, and Libertarian Ben Lamm.
Three candidates are running in a non-partisan race for the judgeship vacated by Snow. They are Monica Leslie, who was appointed to fill the seat, and Waynesville attorneys Sybil Mann and Rusty McLean.
Richlyn Holt is unopposed for re-election as a District Court judge.
A statewide Court of Appeals race with a local connection has Jackson County native Alan Thornburg, who was recently appointed to the seat, being challenged by Barbara Jackson, Marvin Schiller and Marcus Williams.
Other appeals court judges being challenged are Wanda Bryant by Alice Stubbs and Linda McGee by Bill Parker.
Supreme Court Justice Sarah Parker faces a challenge from John Tyson.
All judicial races are non-partisan.
Democrats Patsy Keever and Michael Morgan are vying to take on Republican Congressman Charles Taylor in November.
Richard Burr, John Hendrix and Albert Wiley are battling for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate. The winner will meet Democrat Erskine Bowles and Libertarian Tom Bailey.
Gov. Mike Easley faces a Democratic primary challenge from Rickey Kipfer. Republican candidates are Patrick Ballantine, Dan Barrett, Bill Cobey, George Little, Fern Shubert and Richard Vinroot. Barbara Howe is running as a Libertarian.
Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue is opposed in the Democratic primary by Curtis Hert. Timothy Cook, Jim Snyder and Thomas Stith are running as Republicans, and Christopher Cole is the Libertarian candidate.
Republicans seeking the office of attorney general are Thom Goolsby, Joe Knott and Wendell Sawyer. The winner will face Democratic incumbent Roy Cooper.
Republicans Jasper Albright and Leslie Merritt are trying to unseat Auditor Ralph Campbell, a Democrat.
Britt Cobb, who was appointed commissioner of agriculture following the resignation of Meg Scott Phipps, is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Tom Gilmore. The winner will meet Republican Steve Troxler.
Republicans Robert Brawley and Cindy Huntsberry are running for the right to meet Democratic incumbent Jim Long for commissioner of insurance.
Republican Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry is opposed in the primary by Lloyd Funderburk. The winner will meet Democrat Wayne Goodwin.
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, a Democrat, is being challenged in the primary by Doris Sanders. Jay Rao is the Republican candidate.
Candidates running for superintendent of public instruction are Democrats June Atkinson, J.B. Buxton and Marshall Stewart and Republicans Bill Fletcher and Jeanne Smoot.
The only state race with neither candidate facing primary opposition is for treasurer with incumbent Democrat Richard Moore running against Republican Edward Meyer.
Registration deadline for the primary is June 25.
Applications for absentee ballots will be accepted starting May 31 with one-stop voting set for July 1-17.
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