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N.C. Supreme Court order delays primary until May

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (302)

Don’t miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

All incumbent commissioners running; three file for School Board

Three candidates filed for Henderson County School Board and all three incumbent county commissioners, Clerk of Superior Court J. Tyler Ray and Register of Deeds Lee King filed for re-election while candidates for Congress and the state Legislature were blocked from filing on the opening day of qualifying on Monday.   Read Story »

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Court blocks candidate filing for legislative and congressional seats

Twenty-one minutes before qualifying was to open, county elections directors across North Carolina received word that the state Court of Appeals on Monday blocked candidates from filing for election to the state Legislature or Congress.   Read Story »

Henderson County Four Seasons Politics

Johnson to run for re-election in House District 113

State Rep. Jake Johnson announced his plans to seek re-election for House District 113, which is now made up of southern Henderson, Polk, western Rutherford, and southern McDowell counties.   Read Story »

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 »

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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 »

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