Election Watch 2007


As of 4:35 p.m. today, the Vance County Board of Elections reported three filings for public office.

Henderson City Council member Lynn Harper filed for Ward 2 at-large. Harper will be running for her second term on the Council.

Jack Ball filed for Kittrell Town Commission, and William C. Abbott, Jr. filed for the Middleburg Town Council.

Currently, the election race breaks down as follows:

Henderson

Mayor

James David (Pete) O’Geary (Unopposed)

Ward 1

Mary Emma Evans (Incumbent)

George W. King, Sr. (Challenger)

Ward 1 At Large

Bernard Alston (Incumbent)

Sara Coffey (Challenger)

Ward 2

Bobby Gupton (Incumbent)

Mike Rainey (Challenger)

Ward 2 At Large

Lynn Harper (Incumbent, unopposed)

Ward 3

Garry Daeke (Incumbent, unopposed)

Ward 3 At Large

Brenda Peace (Challenger)

Elissa Yount (Incumbent)

Ward 4 At Large

Ranger Wilkerson (Incumbent, unopposed)

Kittrell

Mayor

Howard Wynn

Kittrell Town Commission

Jack Ball

Tex Ronald Finch

Millard Grissom

Middleburg

Town Council

William C. Abbott, Jr.

O’Geary will face Clem Seifert if Seifert chooses to run for his third term as Mayor.

Wilkerson ran unopposed in the last municipal election.