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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM MARCH 9 -15, 2022 UCW 11 Filing is closed for the May 2022 primaries and candidates are ready to start campaigning all over Cumberland County. Many of the races are contested — both locally and state-wide. CITY AND COUNTY SEATS FAYETTEVILLE MAYOR Mayor Mitch Colvin, the incumbent candidate, will be running again for a third term. ere are five candidates who will be running against him. e candidates who filed for mayor are Clifton L. Johnson, Freddie Delacruz, Franco Webb, Nyrell Melvin and Antoine J. Miner. CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 Kathy Jensen, the incumbent candidate, will be running again for her fourth term. She is being challenged by Jose Alex Ro- driquez and William Milbourne III. CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 Shakeyla Ingram, the incum- bent candidate, will be running against three other candidates. She is being challenged by Ja- nene Ackles, Joseph Dewberry, James Peterson and former councilmember Tyrone Wil- liams. CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3 Antonio Jones, the incumbent candidate who was recently ap- pointed to the city council seat in December, will be running against four candidates - John Zimmerman, Mario Benavente, Kurin Keys and Bill Ayerbe. CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 D.J. Haire, the incumbent candidate, will be running for his eleventh term in City Coun- cil. He is being challenged by omas C. Green and William Grantham. CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 Johnny Dawkins, the incum- bent candidate, will be facing only one other candidate at the polls. e challenger is Frederick G. LaChance III. CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 6 Christopher Davis, the current seat holder, will be leaving his office at Fayetteville City Council in order to run for the North Car- olina House of Representatives. His seat is being contested by Joy Marie Potts, Leigh Howard, Peter Pappas and Derrick ompson. CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 7 Larry Wright, the incumbent candidate, will be running for his fourth term. He is being chal- lenged by Myahtaeyarra Warren and Brenda McNair. CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 8 Courtney Banks-McLaughlin, the incumbent candidate, will be running for her second term. She is being challenged by one other candidate - Michael Pinkston. CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 9 Yvonne Kinston, the incum- bent candidate, will be running for her second term. She is being challenged by John Czajkowski, Sonya Renita Massey and Deno Hondros. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT-LARGE ere are two at-large com- missioner seats open for the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners. For the Democratic Ballot, there are six candidates running for the seats. ose candidates are current Commissioner Larry Lancaster, former Commissioner Marshall Faircloth, Veronica B. Jones, Ronald Pittman, Jackie Paul-Ray and Paul Taylor. For the Republican Ballot, State Rep. John Szoka and Ron Ross will be running. COUNTY SHERIFF Ennis Wright, the incumbent sheriff, has filed for re-election. He is being challenged by Demo- crat Lester A. Lowe. Whoever comes out in the primary elec- tion will run against Republican Candidate LaRue Windham in the general election in Novem- ber. N.C. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 42 On the Democratic ballot, incumbent Rep. Marvin Lucas is being challenged by Naveed Aziz. Whoever comes out in the primary election will run against Republican Candidate Gloria Carrasco in the general election in November. DISTRICT 43 On the Democratic ballot, there are three candidates. Former State Rep. Elmer Floyd, Prince Christian and Kimberly Hardy will be running against each other. On the Republican ballot, in- cumbent Rep. Diane Wheatley is being challenged by Clarence W. Goins, Jr. DISTRICT 44 On the Democratic ballot, there are two candidates running for this seat - Charles Smith and Terry L. Johnson Sr. DISTRICT 45 On the Democratic bal- lot, there are three candidates running against each other - Fayetteville City Councilmem- ber Chris Davis, Keith Byrd and Frances Jackson. Whoever comes out in the primary election will run against Republican Can- didate Susan Chapman in the general election in November. STATE SENATE DISTRICT 19 On the Democratic ballot, in- cumbent State Sen. Kirk DeViere is being challenged by former Fayetteville City Councilwoman Val Applewhite and Ed Donald- son. On the Republican ballot, for- mer State Sen. Wesley Meredith will be running against Dennis Britt. U.S. CONGRESS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7 On the Democratic Ballot, there are four candidates run- ning for the U.S. Representative seat. ose candidates include Cumberland County Commis- sioner Charles Evans, Charles Graham, Steve Miller and Yush- onda Midgette. On the Republican Ballot, there are two candidates run- ning. U.S. Rep. David Rouzer will be facing off Max Southworth- Beckwith. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 9 On the Republican Ballot, there are four candidates run- ning for the seat - U.S. Rep. Rich- ard Hudson, Jen Bucardo, Mike Andriani and Francisco Rios. Whoever comes out in the primary election will run against Democratic Candidate State Sen. Ben Clark in the general election in November. e Cumberland County Board of Elections is currently looking for poll workers for the primary elections. Poll worker training starts in late March. Poll workers will be paid $25 for training and $130 for election day. Registered Cumberland County voters who are interested should contact Mitzie Roberts at 910-321-6603 or mcroberts@ co.cumberland.nc.us. Early voting for the primaries begins on April 28 and ends on May 14 at 3 p.m. Voters can start requesting their absentee ballots on March 28. e last day to apply for ab- sentee ballots by mail is on May 10. Absentee ballots must be hand delivered to the Board of Elections on May 17 by 5 p.m. If being sent by mail, absentee ballots must be postmarked and received no later than the third day after the election. e Primary Election is sched- uled for May 17. Registered voters may locate their precinct on the Board of Elections website at www.cum- berlandcountync.gov/elections. Filing closes for 2022 primary elections by HANNAH LEE NEWS HANNAH LEE, Assistant Editor. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcom- ingweekly.com. 910-484-6200. Photo courtesy of Pexels.