Residents may be already feel like they’re suffering campaign fatigue, but in reality election season is just gearing up. Candidate filing opens at the Clay County Board of Elections office at 12 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2 and continues until noon on Friday, Dec. 20.
There are three local offices on this year’s ballot which includes three seats on the county commission board and two seats on the school board along with the Soil & Water Conservation District Board, according to Elections Board Director Rebecca Hall.
The three seats on the county commission board up for election include county commission Chairman Robert Peck, Randy Nichols and Clay Logan, all Republicans.
Logan was elected in the 2018 cycle, but for a two-year term. The top two candidates who receive the highest number of votes serve four years and the third highest serves two years on the commission board.
To file as a county commission candidate, the fee is $104.52. Commissioners’ annual salary is $10,452 and the chairman of the board gets paid $16,066 per year.
Regarding the school board, the two seats up for election are held by Reba Beck and Danny Jones, both Republicans who were elected to the board in 2016. Filing fee is a flat $5. Board members serve four-year terms and have staggered year elections. School board members are paid $2,000 per year and the chairman is paid $2,500.
The nonpartisan Soil & Water Conservation board will not be listed on the primary ballot, but will be in the general election, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The primary will be held Tuesday, March 3. Some or all of the races will be on the primary ballots depending on how many candidates vie for a particular office.
In addition to the presidential race, there will be U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representative terms to fill.
Thom Tillis was elected ato the U.S. Senate in 2014. Senators serve six-year terms. Rep. Mark Meadows has served four two-year terms. He was elected in 2014 as well.
On the state level there are a number of offices up for grabs from governor to attorney general to state Senate and House of Representatives.
Earlier this year Sen. Jim Davis announced plans to retire. A Republican, Davis has served in the 50th District which includes Clay County since 2010.
Fellow Republican and current state representative, Kevin Corbin has announced plans to seek Davis’ seat in the Senate. Davis publicly endorsed Corbin in September.
Corbin won the seat in the House in 2016. His opponent in the general election was Clay County resident, Aaron Martin.
Davis and Corbin are both from Macon County and both have served on its county commission board.
For more details, call 389-6812.