Melissa D. Pelfrey, candidate for District Attorney for the new District 6 (comprised of Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, and Northampton Counties), wants residents of those counties to review the annual statistics compiled by the state Administrative Office of the Courts when considering their choice of the candidates for District Attorney.
We are at the beginning of a transformation in politics in Halifax County.
A pro-merger group is requesting an investigation of a political action committee that fought to defeat a county supplemental school tax nearly two years ago.
Early voting for the May 6 primary will begin on April 24, according to the Halifax County Board of Elections office. It will end May 3.
The field for the May 6 Democratic Primary is now set after the filing period ended today at noon.
Weldon Police Chief Mark Macon will file as an unaffiliated candidate for Halifax County sheriff, foregoing the May 6 Democratic Primary.
The field of candidates for the Halifax County Schools Board of Education is widening as two more challengers filed today for the May 6 primary.
James “Tank” Williams has filed to run for one of three contested seats on the Weldon City Schools Board of Education. That race will not be on the ballot until November.
Valerie Asbell, the Judicial District 6B district attorney, filed today to run against Halifax County DA Melissa Pelfrey in the newly created Judicial District 6 in the May 6 primary.
Two Republicans will square off for a Halifax County Board of Commissioners seat against Democratic winners of the May 6 primary.
