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Time is running out for candidates to do some last-minute campaigning. Early voting wraps up on Saturday, Nov. 5, and anyone wishing to cast their ballot after that must do so on Election Day on Nov. 8.

Polls will be open on Election Day from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The R-C News-Herald will post election results to its website (www.r-cnews.com) as they are made available on Tuesday night.

A number of federal, state, and local races will be on the ballot this year.

Those registered to cast ballots in the local Roanoke-Chowan area will be able to vote for US Senate and US House of Representatives (District 1) candidates. Senate candidates include Matthew Hoh (Green Party), Cheri Beasley (Democrat), Shannon W. Bray (Libertarian), and Ted Budd (Republican). US House candidates are Don Davis (Democrat) and Sandy Smith (Republican.)

Statewide races that voters in all four counties will cast their ballots for include several court seats. Those races are as follows:

NC Supreme Court Associate Justice – Seat 3: Richard Dietz (Republican) and Lucy Inman (Democrat)

NC Supreme Court Associate Justice – Seat 5: Sam J. Ervin IV (Democrat) and Trey Allen (Republican)

NC Court of Appeals Judge – Seat 8: Julee Tate Flood (Republican) and Carolyn Jennings Thompson (Democrat)

NC Court of Appeals Judge – Seat 9: Brad A. Salmon (Democrat) and Donna Stroud (Republican)

NC Court of Appeals Judge – Seat 10: John M. Tyson (Republican) and Gale Murray Adams (Democrat)

NC Court of Appeals Judge – Seat 11: Darren Jackson (Democrat) and Michael J. Stading (Republican)

All four counties in the Roanoke Chowan area are also included in NC State Senate District 3. The two candidates in that race are Bobby Hanig (Republican) and Valerie Jordan (Democrat).

Other races included on Bertie County’s ballot are as follows:

NC House of Representatives – District 23: James Crowell Proctor (Republican) and Shelly Willingham (Democrat)

District Attorney – District 7: Kim Gourrier Scott (Democrat)

Board of Commissioners – District 2: Scott Sauer (Unaffiliated) and Michael White (Democrat)

Board of Commissioners – District 3: Tammy Lee (Unaffiliated) and Corey Ballance, Sr. (Democrat)

Board of Commissioners – District 5: Ronald (Ron) Roberson (Democrat)

Clerk of Superior Court – Vasti F. James (Democrat)

Sheriff – Tyrone M. Ruffin (Democrat)

Board of Education – District 2: Rickey Freeman

Board of Education – District 3: Christine Dudley

Board of Education – District 4: Vernette M. (Vernetta) Henderson and Vivian B. Saunders

Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor: Blount Knowles and Chad Whitehead

Other races included on Gates County’s ballot are as follows:

NC House of Representatives – District 5: Howard Hunter III (Democrat) and Bill Ward (Republican)

NC Superior Court Judge – District 1, Seat 1: Eula E. Reid (Democrat) and R. Andrew Womble (Republican)

NC District Court Judge – District 1, Seat 1: Robert P. Trivette (Republican)

NC District Court Judge – District 1, Seat 2: Jeff Moreland (Republican)

NC District Court Judge – District 1, Seat 3: Meader Harriss (Republican)

District Attorney – District 1: Jeff Cruden (Republican)

Board of Commissioners – Eure District: Jonathan T. Craddock (Democrat) and Chris Odom (Republican)

Board of Commissioners – Gates District: Brian Keith Rountree (Democrat)

Board of Commissioners – Gatesville District: Jack Owens (Democrat) and Emily Truman (Unaffiliated)

Clerk of Superior Court – Monica Horton-Wiggins (Democrat) and Marsha Faulk Langston (Unaffiliated)

Sheriff – Ray Campbell (Democrat)

Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor: R.E. Miller III and Rick H. Morgan.

Other races included on Hertford County’s ballot are as follows:

NC House of Representatives – District 5: Howard Hunter III (Democrat) and Bill Ward (Republican)

District Attorney – District 7: Kim Gourrier Scott (Democrat)

Board of Commissioners – District 1: Leroy Douglas (Democrat)

Board of Commissioners – District 2: Andre M. Lassiter (Democrat)

Clerk of Superior Court – Shirley Gatling Johnson (Democrat)

Sheriff – Dexter A. Hayes (Democrat)

Board of Education (three seats available) – Eric Carey, Dennis M. Deloatch, Brunet V. Parker, Sheila J. Porter, and David L. Shields

Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor: C. Gray Pierce and Davis Simons

Other races included in Northampton County’s ballot are as follows:

NC House of Representatives – District 27: Wes Tripp (Republican) and Michael H. Wray (Democrat)

District Attorney – District 7: Kim Gourrier Scott (Democrat)

Board of Commissioners – District 3: Donna C. Jenkins (Unaffiliated) and Ed Martin (Democrat)

Board of Commissioners – District 4: Anneke Revelle (Unaffiliated) and Melvetta Broadnax Taylor (Democrat)

Board of Commissioners – District 5: Kelvin Edwards (Democrat) and Caroline M. Long (Republican)

Clerk of Superior Court – Laquitta Green Cooper (Democrat)

Sheriff – Jack E. Smith (Democrat)

Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor: Gregory Lewis Harris, Sr. and Mark McGee

 

Polling Places

There are 12 polling places in Bertie County at the following locations:

Colerain Municipal Building, 101 Winton Street, Colerain;

Powellsville Town Hall, 106 Main Street, Powellsville;

Indian Woods Missionary Baptist Church, 2330 Indian Woods Road, Windsor;

Merry Hill Midway Fire Department, 109 NC Hwy 45, Merry Hill;

Hexlena Community Building, 1427 Early Station Road, Aulander;

Aulander Community Building, 116 Commerce Street, Aulander;

Kelford Fire Department, 106 Main Street, Kelford;

Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, 305 Cowtrack Road, Windsor;

Windsor Community Building, 201 Queen Street, Windsor;

Askewville Fire Department, 105 Askewville Railroad, Street, Windsor;

Perrytown Fire Department, 848 Perrytown Road, Colerain;

Lewiston Woodville Fire Department, 103 Church Street, Lewiston-Woodville.

In Gates County, there are six polling places at the following locations:

Gatesville Elementary School, 709 Main Street, Gatesville;

Eure Fire Department, 1210 NC Hwy 137, Eure;

Gates Fire Department, 459 Gates School Road, Gates;

Sunbury Sub Station #2, 250 Parkers Fork Road, Corapeake;

Sunbury Fire Station, 56 NC Hwy 32 South, Sunbury;

Hobbsville Fire Department, 365 Hobbsville Road, Hobbsville.

Hertford County is split up among 13 polling places at the following locations:

Ahoskie Elementary School, 200 Talmage Avenue, Ahoskie;

Ahoskie Fire and Rescue, 301 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive, Ahoskie;

R.L. Vann School, 415 Holloman Avenue, Ahoskie;

Bryantville Community Building, 115 Tarheel Road, Como;

Cofield Community Center, 521 NC Hwy 45 South, Cofield;

Como Fire and Rescue, 1201 US Hwy 258 North, Como;

Amanda S. Cherry Community Resource Center, 1750 NC Hwy 45 South, Cofield;

Millennium Community Building, 337 Millennium Road, Aulander;

Murfree Center, 201 Broad Street, Murfreesboro;

Parkers Grove Community Building, 131 Mapleton Road, Murfreesboro;

St. John Fire Department, 1127 NC Hwy 561 West, Aulander;

Roanoke Chowan Community College, 109 Community College Road, Ahoskie;

Cooperative Extension Building, 303 Tryon Street, Winton.

There are also 13 polling places in Northampton County at the following locations:

Conway Women’s Club, 220 Hundley Circle, Conway;

Allen Chapel AME Church, 352 Firetower Road, Jackson;

Zoar Missionary Baptist Church 1250 Deberry’s Mill Road, Pendleton;

Garysburg Town Hall, 504 Old Highway, Garysburg;

Cool Spring Community Center, 101 Cherry Street, Gaston;

Northampton County Cultural and Wellness Center, 9536 NC Hwy 305, Jackson;

Lake Gaston Community Center, 564 NC Hwy 46, Henrico;

Valley Pine Country Club, 901 Lasker Golf Course Road, Lasker;

Ashley’s Grove Club, 995 Burnt Bridges Road, Conway;

Creecy Gymnasium, 210 Roberts Road, Rich Square;

Seaboard Town Hall, 102 Central Street, Seaboard;

Meherrin Cultural Arts Center, 8900 NC Hwy 35, Severn;

Jerusalem Baptist Church, 205 Myrtle Street, Woodland.