Filing period for municipal elections opens July 2

ROCKINGHAM — It’s that time of year again for citizens to make their voices heard and for candidates to throw their hats in the ring and make their cases to lead.

The filing period for candidates for the 2021 municipal elections begins at noon Friday, July 2 and ends at noon Friday, July 16. For information about how to file, call the Richmond County Board of Elections at 910-997-8253 or visit the Board of Elections at 221 S. Hancock St. in Rockingham.

The voter registration deadline for the Ellerbe, Hamlet, Hoffman and Rockingham elections is Oct. 8, 2021, and Election Day will be held on Nov. 2, 2021. The voter registration deadline for the Dobbins Heights election is Sept. 10, 2021 and Election Day will be Oct. 5, 2021 with a possible runoff election on Nov. 2, 2021.

The mayors of each municipality except for the Town of Dobbins Heights are up for reelection. For city or town council, there are two seats up for reelection in Dobbins Heights, three seats and one expired term in Ellerbe, two seats in Hamlet, five seats in Hoffman and three seats in Rockingham. Norman’s representatives are not up for reelection until 2023.

The candidates up for reelection in each municipality are as follows:

Dobbins Heights

• Angeline David (D)

• Tyre’ Holloway (D)

Ellerbe

• Mayor — Fred Cloninger (D)

• Jean Fletcher (D)

• Elsie Freeman (R)

• Archie Robinson (D)

• John Sears, Jr. (D) *term expiring

Hamlet

• Mayor — Bill Bayless (D)

• Eddie Martin (D)

• Jesse McQueen (D)

Hoffman

• Mayor — Tommy Hart (D)

• Riccardo Anderson (D)

• Rory Jones (D)

• Daniel Kelly (D)

• Cynthia Northcutt (D)

• John Taylor (D)

Rockingham

• Mayor — Steve Morris (D)

• Anne M. Edwards (D)

• Denise A. Sullivan (D)

• Gene Willard (D)

The filing period for the 2022 county, state and federal elections begins at noon on Dec. 6, 2021 and ends at noon on Dec. 27, 2021. The voter registration deadline for this the 2022 primary election is Feb. 11, 2022 and the primary election will be held on March 8, 2022.