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Johnson to run for re-election in House District 113

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

GOP-backed School Board candidate 'a hundred percent' for parental choice

A young mom who is a registered nurse announced her candidacy for Henderson County School Board on Friday, declaring that masks and vaccines in schools should be a matter of parental choice and not board-imposed mandates.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Moffitt announces run for state Senate

State Rep. Tim Moffitt announced on Thursday that he will run for state Senate next year in the newly-drawn District 48, which encompasses all of Henderson, Polk, and Rutherford counties.   Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

Rep. Moffitt ranks first in business association's survey of effectiveness

Rep. Tim Moffitt, a first-term House member from Henderson County, earned the highest rating among all legislators in the 2021 legislative rankings from the N.C. FreeEnterprise Foundation.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

McCall to seek re-election to Board of Commissioners seat

Citing upcoming projects including sewer service to serve the apple country, completion of the 2045 comprehensive land-use plan and renovation of the now county-owned VFW post at Five Points as a veterans service center, County Commissioner Rebecca McCall announced that she will run for re-election to her District 4 seat next year.   Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

FILING OPENS MONDAY: Here's seats, salaries, filing fees

Filing for local, state and federal offices opens at noon Monday and new names could appear up and down the ballot as current office holders try to move up.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Edwards' run for Congress sets off jockeying for his Senate seat

Announcing that he is running for Congress on Tuesday, state Sen. Chuck Edwards urged a supportive crowd at the Historic Courthouse plaza to send him to Washington to do what he’s done in the state Legislature.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

AVL board chair announces run for Congress

Asheville businessman Matthew Burril announced his candidacy for the 14th Congressional District, swelling the Republican field to five with more expected.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Edwards to announce run for Congress, Carolina Journal reports

On Tuesday, state Sen. Chuck Edwards, who currently represents Buncombe, Henderson, and Transylvania counties, is expected to announce his candidacy for the newly configured 14th Congressional District. The new 14th comprises North Carolina’s most western counties.   Read Story »

North Carolina Four Seasons Politics

CawthWatch: More 'embarrassing ignorance' from 'appallingly ignorant young man'

When Carolina Journal first reported first-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s intention to abandon his current district next year to run in an adjacent one, CJ quoted Cawthorn as saying his decision was part of “a strategy to increase conservativism in North Carolina.”   Read Story »

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