The filing period for the March 3, 2026 primary begins in one week.
The filing period begins at 12 noon on Monday, Dec. 1 and ends at 12 noon on Friday, Dec. 19. In Vance County, candidates may file to run for sheriff, as well as seats on the board of commissioners and the board of elections, register of deeds and clerk of court.
The March primary is a lead-in to the November mid-term elections.
Candidates for the local offices must file in person at the Vance County Board of Elections and pay the associated filing fees in full, either by check or money order. The filing fee constitutes 1 percent of the base annual salary for the position.
Fees range from $72 for seats on the board of education to $1,275.09 for sheriff.
The three seats on the Vance County Board of Commissioners are districts 3,4 and 7, currently held by Charisse Fain, Dan Brummitt and Tommy Hester, respectively.
Hester, most recently elected in 2010, has said previously that he would not seek re-election; Fain was appointed in February 2025 to fill the seat vacated by Sean Alston, who resigned his seat after taking job as a magistrate in Warren County.
Brummitt was elected in 2006.
The seats on the Vance County Board of Education that will be included in the upcoming primary are those in districts 1,2,6 and 7.
Those seats are currently held by Gloria Jefferson White, Randy Oxendine, Omega Perry and Ruth Hartness, respectively.
Clerk of Superior Court the Hon. Henry Gupton is retiring at the end of the calendar year – there’s a retirement celebration scheduled for mid-December – and Judge John Dunlow will appoint an individual to fill Gupton’s unexpired term.
Cassandra Neal is the current register of deeds in Vance County. Neal ran unopposed in the 2022 election.
Learn more at https://www.vancecounty.org/departments/board-of-elections/
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