Primary Election 2022: What area voters need to know before heading to the polls
The 2022 primary election is now just days away, with early one-stop voting beginning on Thursday, April 28, and the primary on May 17.
Listed below are the individual races in our coverage area and who is running in each of them.
FEDERAL OFFICES
US Congress, NC-11
One of the most-talked about races is for the North Carolina District 11 seat in the US Congress, currently held by Republican Madison Cawthorn. He was elected in 2020 to succeed Mark Meadows, who was promoted to Chief of Staff under former president Donald Trump.
Cawthorn is running for re-election and is seeking to be the Republican party's candidate. According to the Henderson County Board of Elections, other Republicans running are Chuck Edwards, Rod Honeycutt, Wendy Marie-Limbaugh Nevarez, Bruce O'Connell, Kristie Sluder, Michele V. Woodhouse and Matthew Burril.
Those running to be the candidate for the Democratic party for NC-11 are Jay Carey, Katie Dean, Marco Gutierrez, Bo Hess, Bynum M. Lunsford and Jasmine Beach-Ferrara.
US Senate
The current North Carolina Senators are both Republicans, Thom Tillis and Richmond Burr. Burr won re-election in 2016, and he said it was his last time running, meaning 2022 is his last year as an NC Senator.
Tillis won in 2020, and his six-year term will come to a close in 2027. With one seat open, there are plenty of people looking to get it, including former NC Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican. Other Republicans running are Marjorie K. Eastman, David Flaherty, Benjamin E. Griffiths, Kenneth Harper Jr., Charles Kenneth Moss, Lichia Sibhatu, Debora Tshiovo, Mark Walker, Jen Banwart, Ms. Lee A. Brian, Leonard L. Bryant,Ted Budd and Drew Bulecza.
Democrats running are James L. Carr Jr., Robert Colon, Alyssia Rose-Katherine Hammond, Constance (Lov) Johnson, Tobias LaGrone, B. K. Maginnis. Rett Newton, Marcus W. Williams, Greg Antoine, Cheri Beasley and Chrelle Booker.
STATE OFFICES
NC House of Representatives - District 117
Republicans: Dennis Justice, Chelsea Walsh and Jennifer Capps Balkcom
NC Supreme Court Associate Justice - Seat 5
Republicans: Victoria E. Prince, April C. Wood and Trey Allen
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 9
Republicans: Beth Freshwater Smith and Donna Stroud
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 11
Republicans: Michael J. Stading Charlton L. Allen
NC House of Representatives District 113
Republicans: Jake Johnson David Rogers
DISTRICT OFFICES
NC District Court Judge District 29B - Seat 5
Republicans: Jason R. Hayes and Abe Hudson
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 11
Republicans: Michael J. Stading and Charlton L. Allen
District Attorney District 42
Republicans: Mary Ann J. Hollocker and Andrew Murray
COUNTY OFFICES
Henderson Board of Commissioners District 1
Republicans: J. Michael Edney and Amy Lynn Holt
Transylvania County Sheriff
Republicans: Kevin Creasman, Chase Owen and Chuck Owenby
Polk County Sheriff
Republicans: Daniel Elliott and Timothy Wright
ONE-STOP EARLY VOTING SITES
HENDERSON COUNTY
(Starting Thursday, April 28, hours are Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and 8 a.m.-3 p,.m. Saturday, May 14)
Board of Elections 75 E. Central St., Hendersonville
Flat Rock Village Hall 110 Village Center Dr., Flat Rock
Etowah Library 101 Brickyard Rd. Etowah,
Fletcher Town Hall 300 Old Cane Creek Rd. Fletcher
POLK COUNTY
(Starting Thursday, April 28, hours are Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and 8 a.m.-3 p,.m. Saturday, April 30, Saturday, May 7 and Saturday, May 14)
Polk County Board of Elections Office, 40 Courthouse St., Columbus
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
(Starting Thursday, April 28, hours are Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and 8 a.m.-3 p,.m. Saturday, May 7 and Saturday, May 14)
Transylvania County Board of Elections Office, 150 S. Gaston St., Brevard
This article originally appeared on Hendersonville Times-News: Primary Election 2022: What voters need to know heading to the polls
