JOHNSTON COUNTY – The filing period for the 2024 elections ended at Noon on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.
The following candidates filed for local offices:
Johnston County Board of Commissioners – District 1
Bennett Jones (Rep)
Michelle Pace Davis (Rep)
Harold De Lancey (Rep)
Johnston County Board of Commissioners – District 2
Ted G. Godwin (Rep) (Incumbent)
Caleb Johnson (Rep)
Johnston County Board of Commissioners – District 4
April Stephens (Rep) (Incumbent)
Johnston County Board of Commissioners – District 6
Bill Stovall (Rep)
Tim Little (Rep)
Johnston County Board of Education – District 3
Jason Shuler
Kay Carroll (Incumbent)
Johnston County Board of Education – District 4
Ken Ramey
David Spain
Emily Burke
Telia Y. Virgin
April Jones Lee
Tasa McGowan
Johnston County Board of Education – District 6
Lyn Andrews (Incumbent)
Rick Walker
Johnston County Board of Education – District 7
Jeff Sullivan
David Marshburn
Ronald Johnson (Incumbent)
Sam Solmonson
NC Senate – District 10
Benton Sawrey (Rep) (Incumbent)
Felicia C. Baxter (Dem)
Christopher Sessions (Lib)
NC House of Representatives – District 26
Donna White (Rep) (Incumbent)
Matthew Wood (Dem)
Kevin Terrett (Lib)
NC House of Representatives – District 28
Larry C. Strickland (Rep) (Incumbent)
Elizabeth Ann Temple (Rep)
Tawanda Shepard (Dem)
NC District Court Judge – District 12 Seat 4 (Johnston Seat)
Jason H. Coats (Rep) (Incumbent)
NC District Court Judge – District 12 Seat 5 (Harnett Seat)
Jillian (Jill) Pope (Rep)
NC District Court Judge – District 12 Seat 6 (Johnston Seat)
Craig James (Dem) (Incumbent)
NC District Court Judge – District 12 Seat 7 (Johnston Seat)
Terry F. Rose (Rep) (Incumbent)
NC District Court Judge – District 12 Seat 8 (Lee Seat)
Jimmy Love Jr. (Rep) (Incumbent)
NC District Court Judge – District 12 Seat 9 (Johnston Seat)
Frank Wood (Rep) (Incumbent)
NC District Court Judge – District 12 Seat 10 (Johnston Seat)
Mary Howard Wells (Rep) (Incumbent)
NC District Court Judge – District 12 Seat 11 (Harnett Seat)
Michael J. Onufer (Rep)
Brian E. Lewis (Rep)
US House of Representatives – District 13
Josh McConkey of Holly Springs (Rep)
Chris Baker of Zebulon (Rep)
Eric Stevenson of Spring Lake (Rep)
Kenny Xu of Raleigh (Rep)
Brad Knott of Raleigh (Rep)
Fred Von Canon of Wake Forest (Rep)
Siddhanth Sharma of Garner (Rep)
James Phillips of Lillington (Rep)
Matt Shoemaker of Clayton (Rep)
Marcus Dellinger of Wendell (Rep)
DeVan Barbour of Benson (Rep)
David Dixon of Garner (Rep)
Kelly Daughtry of Smithfield (Rep)
Ten candidates waited until today (Friday) to file, the last day to file for office in Johnston County.
The Primary Election will be held March 5, 2024 and the General Election on November 5, 2024.
VOTE FOR APRIL LEE!
School board definitely needs a major reboot, Commissioners too. Fred Smith will be sorely missed.
Time to start digging in and seeing who these candidates really are, who is funding them and what they truly stand for. No more RINOs!
Gee I wonder why April jones Lee left Johnston county schools to teach at harnett county?
She was pretty clear why. It’s no secret. We need somebody like her who puts the interests of students and teachers above their personal ambitions.
Question for the Candidates, I keep hearing our landfill is almost full, but you let housing construction to continue, what is going to be done about this problem along with water, sewer, schools, Fire Protection and Law Enforcement? Is your answer, raise taxes????
Of course they are going to raise taxes, have to pay for new roads and have to pay those companies millions over decades for a job that shouldn’t take that long. The landfill problem would be better solved by a solution the Swedish have. They have trash incinerators that power homes and lots of other things. It would be a big cost but I think it would actually be worth it over some new road and shopping center.
Joe Schmoe, You have a great idea. I have seen incinerators up north and they seem to work well as well as keep electric prices down. No joke when I say have you considered running for county commissioner? This is not something I thought about. Some research showed me one is in use in Nassau County NY.
Tell me why anyone would vote for any incumbent on the school board? Honestly I hope we get an all new school board, because for the last few years it seems like the kids are coming in last after all the scandals and their BS.
April Lee will get my vote as well.
Now is the TIME!!! VOTE OUT EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEMEBER NOW!!!
ANY new person is more qualified than the past bunch!!
#VOTEOUTSCHOOLBOARDNOW
Hopefully we’ll get some new faces, but JoCo voters have a long history of re-electing incumbents every year. It’s time to institute some sort if intelligence test for voters. #ReapWhatYouVote #VoteOutIncumbents
We need to educate the people around us about the candidates and incumbents. The problem isn’t intelligence it’s lack of care and lack of doing the appropriate research before voting.
April Lee has my vote. That’s someone that cares about the kids. I may not agree with her on everything, but she will absolutely make sure our kids and the teachers are taken care of and that they come first.
i look forward to voting against traitor lyn, even if the other option is rick walker
Hopefully I can prove that you made a good decision in doing so
Mr Walker do you have a website set up yet so we can start researching the candidates?
Vote for Mr. Bean for school board. He would be the smartest on the board.
A floor is smarter than the 7 we have now!
Almost anything would be better than the 7 we have now.