Election Filings
Forsyth County
Vernon Robinson, a Republican, has filed to run for the 12th Congressional District. Robinson, 50, lives in Winston-Salem and is the president of the N.C. Education Reform Foundation.
This is his first run for the 12th District, which is held by Democrat Mel Watt. The district goes through 10 cities, including Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Lexington and Charlotte, as well as six counties in between, along Interstate 85.
Robinson, a former two-term member of the Winston-Salem City Council, lost his 2004 bid for the 5th Congressional District in a Republican runoff against Virginia Foxx, who won in the general election.
Stokes County
Robert Nickell, a Democrat, filed yesterday to run for one of three seats up for re-election on the Stokes County Board of Com-missioners. Nickell, 44, lives in Westfield. He is a historical renovator, Spanish interpreter and school-bus driver. He also teaches gymnastics and owns American Gymnastics in King and Sandy Ridge. In 2004, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the board of commissioners, losing in the Democratic primary.
Judicial
Three judicial seats are up for re-election in the Judicial District 17-B, which covers Surry and Stokes counties. They are the judgeships held by Otis M. "Bud" Oliver, Spencer G. Key Jr. and Charles "Chuck" Neaves Jr.
Terms are four years. The races are nonpartisan.
Oliver has announced that he will not run for re-election.
Angela B. Puckett of Westfield has filed to run for Oliver's seat. She works as an assistant district attorney in Surry and Stokes counties.
Key has filed to run for a second full term. Key, 39, was appointed to the office in 2000 and won election to his first full term in 2002. Key lives in Dobson. He graduated from Wake Forest University and UNC Chapel Hill School of Law. He is a former assistant district attorney.
Neaves has filed to run for a fourth term. Neaves, 49, was first elected to the office in 1994. He lives in Elkin. He graduated from WFU and from WFU School of Law. He is a former assistant district attorney.
Tom Langan has filed to run against Neaves. Langan is an assistant district attorney in Surry and Stokes counties. Langan, 33, lives in King. He graduated from Duke University and WFU School of Law.
Vernon Robinson, a Republican, has filed to run for the 12th Congressional District. Robinson, 50, lives in Winston-Salem and is the president of the N.C. Education Reform Foundation.
This is his first run for the 12th District, which is held by Democrat Mel Watt. The district goes through 10 cities, including Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Lexington and Charlotte, as well as six counties in between, along Interstate 85.
Robinson, a former two-term member of the Winston-Salem City Council, lost his 2004 bid for the 5th Congressional District in a Republican runoff against Virginia Foxx, who won in the general election.
Stokes County
Robert Nickell, a Democrat, filed yesterday to run for one of three seats up for re-election on the Stokes County Board of Com-missioners. Nickell, 44, lives in Westfield. He is a historical renovator, Spanish interpreter and school-bus driver. He also teaches gymnastics and owns American Gymnastics in King and Sandy Ridge. In 2004, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the board of commissioners, losing in the Democratic primary.
Judicial
Three judicial seats are up for re-election in the Judicial District 17-B, which covers Surry and Stokes counties. They are the judgeships held by Otis M. "Bud" Oliver, Spencer G. Key Jr. and Charles "Chuck" Neaves Jr.
Terms are four years. The races are nonpartisan.
Oliver has announced that he will not run for re-election.
Angela B. Puckett of Westfield has filed to run for Oliver's seat. She works as an assistant district attorney in Surry and Stokes counties.
Key has filed to run for a second full term. Key, 39, was appointed to the office in 2000 and won election to his first full term in 2002. Key lives in Dobson. He graduated from Wake Forest University and UNC Chapel Hill School of Law. He is a former assistant district attorney.
Neaves has filed to run for a fourth term. Neaves, 49, was first elected to the office in 1994. He lives in Elkin. He graduated from WFU and from WFU School of Law. He is a former assistant district attorney.
Tom Langan has filed to run against Neaves. Langan is an assistant district attorney in Surry and Stokes counties. Langan, 33, lives in King. He graduated from Duke University and WFU School of Law.
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