Candidate: Vernon J. Bryant
Office sought: One of three at-large seats on the Halifax County Board of Commissioners
Current position: Retired from the state Department of Public Safety as a community corrections manager
A slate of anti-mergers candidates, including a challenger, ousted incumbent Halifax County Board of Commissioners Chairman James Pierce and a pro-merger challenger, O.D. Sykes, in Tuesday's primary.
Halifax County Commissioner Vernon Bryant is running for re-election for his at-large seat.
The Roanoke Valley Chapter of the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association recently held a political screening for those candidates running for various offices in the upcoming election.
Incumbent Halifax County Commissioner Vernon Bryant this evening announced his intention to file for his at-large seat in the May 6 Democratic Primary.