Who filed for office in local elections?
During the first few days of filing for November’s local elections, 21 candidates threw their names in the hat for seats that include mayors, city councils and the water board.
Filing for municipal and water board elections opened last Friday at noon and will continue until noon on July 21.
Clifton Philbeck, board of elections director, said there are 47 open seats across 13 municipalities in addition to the water board.
As of Wednesday, there were two candidates vying for the position of mayor of Kings Mountain and out of the 21 who have filed, there is only one woman.
Candidates are required to come to the Board of Elections office at 215 Patton Drive in Shelby and complete a notice of candidacy and pay a filing fee.
Who has filed so far?
Tony Marshall Brooks, Cleveland County Water Board Commissioner
James William Ellis, Boiling Springs Town Council
Robert Charles Wagman, Kings Mountain mayor
George Scott Neisler, Kings Mountain mayor
Keith Edward Miller, Kings Mountain City Council at-large
Brian Patrick Edwards, Kings Mountain City Council Ward 5
Merrill Jones Rhodes Jr., Kings Mountain City Council Ward 5
Mark Andrew Wampler, Kings Mountain City Council Ward 5
Robert Lee Ramseur, Kingstown City Council
Oliver Stanhope Anthony III, Shelby mayor
David Walton White, Shelby City Council Ward 2
Harold David Causby, Shelby City Council Ward 3
Andrew Leonard Hopper Sr., Shelby City Council Ward 6
Caleb Michael Edwards, Boiling Springs Town Council
Tommy Clatus Greene, Boiling Springs Town Council
Annie Cole Thombs, Kings Mountain City Council Ward 1
Jimmy Ray West, Kings Mountain City Council Ward 4
Braydan Cole Chapman, Lawndale Board of Commissioners
Keith Dewayne Gillis, Lawndale Board of Commissioners
Donald Warren Cooper, Mooresboro Town Council
Richard Russell Shook, Patterson Springs Board of Commissioners
This article originally appeared on The Shelby Star: Who filed for office in local elections?
