Candidate filings open in Brunswick County

Candidate filings have opened for the November 2008 election. Candidate filing opened at noon Monday, Feb. 11 and will close at noon Friday, Feb. 29.

At press time Tuesday, the following candidates filed for office:

N.C. State Senate

•R.C. Soles Jr. (incumbent), Democrat, Tabor City

•Bettie Fennell, Republican, Rocky Point

N.C. House of Representatives

(District 17)

•Bonner Stiller (incumbent), Republican, Oak Island

N.C. House of Representatives

(District 20)

•Dewey L. Hill (incumbent), Democrat, Lake Waccamaw

County Commissioner (District 3)

•May Moore (incumbent), Democrat, Oak Island

•Boyd Williamson, Democrat, Bolivia

•Bobby Hewett, Democrat, Bolivia

•Sam J. Enis, Republican, Caswell Beach

•Charles Warren, Republican, Oak Island

County Commissioner (District 4)

•Keenan Jones, Democrat, Boiling Spring Lakes

•Tom B. Rabon (incumbent), Democrat, Winnabow

•Paul L. Swartz, Democrat, Leland

•Scott Edward Phillips, Republican, Leland

County Commissioner (District 5)

•J. Randall Rhodes, Democrat, Leland

•Bill Sue (incumbent), Republican, Leland

Board of Education (District 1)

•John T. Jones, Democrat, Shallotte

•Ray Gilbert (incumbent), Republican, Longwood

•Bud Thorsen, Republican, Shallotte

Board of Education (District 2)

•Christy Judah, Democrat, Supply

•Catherine Cooke, Republican, Shallotte

Board of Education (District 4)

•Harry Martin, Democrat, Southport

•Tom Simmons, Democrat, Southport

•Shirley Babson (incumbent), Republican, Bolivia

Register of Deeds

•Robert Robinson (incumbent), Democrat, Supply

•Brenda Mercer Clemmons, Republican, Bolivia

Coroner

•Greg White, Democrat, Supply

U.S. Senate

•Kay Hagan, Democrat, Greensboro

•Duskin Lassiter, Democrat, High Point

•Howard Staley, Democrat, Moncure

•Elizabeth Dole (incumbent), Salisbury

U.S. House of Representatives

(District 7)

•Mike McIntyre (incumbent) Democrat, Lumberton

•Will Breazeale, Republican, White Lake

Governor

•Richard H. Moore, Democrat, Raleigh

•Bill Graham, Republican, Salisbury

•Pat McCrory, Republican, Charlotte

•Robert F. (Bob) Orr, Raleigh

•E. Powers, Republican, Roseboro

•Bev Purdue, Democrat, Raleigh

•Dennis Nielsen, Democrat, Red Oak

•Fred Smith, Republican, Clayton

Lt. Governor

•Hampton Dellinger, Democrat, Raleigh

•Robert Pittinger, Republican, Charlotte

•Dan Beese, Democrat, Winston-Salem

•Walter H. Dalton, Democrat, Rutherfordton

•Pat Smathers, Democrat, Canton

•Timothy Cook, Republican, Brown Summitt

•Greg Dority, Republican, Washington

Attorney General

•Roy Cooper (incumbent), Democrat, Raleigh

Auditor

•Frederick Aikens, Democrat, Raleigh

•Beth A. Wood, Democrat, Raliegh

•Leslie Merritt, Republican, Raleigh

Commissioner of Agriculture

•Ronnie Ansley, Democrat, Wake Forest

•Steve Troxler, (incumbent), Republican, Brown Summitt

Commissioner of Labor

•Robin Anderson, Democrat, Cary

•Mary Fant Donnan, Democrat, Winston-Salem

•Tyler Richardson, Democrat, Middlesex

•Cherie Berry (incumbent), Republican, Newton

Secretary of State

•Elaine F. Marshal (incumbent), Democrat, Raleigh

•Jack Sawyer, Republican, Mebane

Superintendent of

Public Instruction

•June St. Clair Atkinson (incumbent), Democrat, Raleigh

•Eddie Davis, Democrat, Durham

•Joe Johnson, Republican, Tryon

State Treasurer

•Janet Cowell, Democrat, Raleigh

•David Young, Democrat, Raleigh

•Bill Daughtridge, Republican, Rocky Mount

Associate Justice N.C. Supreme Court

•Robert Edmunds Jr. (incumbent), Greensboro

•Suzanne Reynolds, Winston-Salem

Judge N.C. Court of Appeals

•John S. Arrowood (incumbent), Raleigh

•Robert N. Hunter Jr., Greensboro

Judge of N.C. Court of Appeals

•John C. Martin, Raleigh

Judge of N.C. Court of Appeals

•Cheri Beasley, Fayetteville

•Doug McCullough (incumbant), Atlantic Beach

Judge of N.C. Court of Appeals

•Linda Stephens (incumbant), Raleigh

Judge of N.C. Court of Appeals

•John M. Tyson (incumbant), Fayetteville

•Kristin Ruth, New Hill

Judge of N.C. Court of Appeals

•Dean R. Poirier, Mount Olive

•James A. Wynn (incumbent), Raleigh

Judge 13th District Court

•Napolean Barefoot (incumbent), Supply

Judge 13th District Court

•Jerry A. Jolly, Tabor City

Judge 13th District Court

•Scott L. Ussery, Elizabethtown

Judge 13th District Court

•Marion Roscoe Warren (incumbent), Ash