[July 15, 2011] More incumbents file for upcoming elections Tweet TARBORO, Jul 14, 2011 (The Daily Southerner - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Ethel Bryant, a veteran clerk in the Edgecombe County Board of Elections office, expects she and colleagues Janie Harrell and Emma Davis will be busy today and Friday morning. Three more incumbents filed Wednesday, but several more are expected before filing for the fall election closes at noon Friday. Vines Cobb is seeking another term as mayor of Pinetops as is Linda Ingram in Conetoe. And Sandra Webb filed for another term as commissioner in Macclesfield. Several towns will have elections this November -- Pinetops, Macclesfield, Leggett, Princeville, Conetoe, Whitakers and Speed. Conetoe's election will be for a mayor and four commissioners to two year terms; Leggett's is for a mayor and three commissioners to four year terms; Macclesfield for a mayor to a two year term and two commissioners to four year terms; Pinetops for a mayor and three commissioners for four year terms; Speed for a mayor and five commissioners for four year terms; and Whitakers for a mayor and two commissioners for four years. All of these elections are at-large not by districts or wards like Princeville. Princeville's filing period will begin on July 25 and continue through Aug. 12 because the town has voting wards Tarboro and Rocky Mount are working on new redistricting maps and have postponed their elections until May. Filing opened July 1 and since then the following candidates, mostly incumbents have filed: --Leroy Candies had filed for a commissioner seat in Speed; --Brenda E. Lynch, May E. McCloud and Doris Ann Howington have filed for commissioner's seats in Whitakers. Lynch is not an incumbent. -- Wilson Jones has filed for for a commissioner seat in Conetoe; --Mike Keel seeks re-election as mayor in Macclesfield; --and Steve Burress, Leah Staton Vines, David Lee Manning and Florence W. Pender for commissioner's seats in Pinetops. Burress is not an incumbent. No it is not a misprint. As of Wednesday, no one had filed for office in Leggett. The elections will be held on Nov. 8. To see more of The Daily Southerner or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://dailysoutherner.com/. Copyright (c) 2011, The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, N.C. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]