Electoral excitement emerges in Middleburg


Middleburg was the last of Vance County’s three municipalities to produce candidates for the fall elections, but the town is making up for lost time. Everyone on the Middleburg ballot has competition after town Commissioner Ray Bullock filed today to challenge Mayor Vivian Edwards’ bid for re-election and Annie Fudge created a four-way race for the three commissioner seats. Vance Elections Director Faye Gill said Middleburg has only about 95 registered voters; six of them are now on the ballot. Two years ago, when all candidates were unopposed, only seven Middleburg residents cast ballots. Meanwhile, the filing period runs until noon Friday at the Board of Elections office at the Henry Dennis Building on South Garnett Street. Kittrell has a full ballot but no contests. Henderson has five contests. Unopposed at this point are Mayor Clem Seifert, Ward 2 at-large council member Mike Rainey, and Ward 4’s Lonnie Davis and Ranger Wilkerson.