Filing Period Ends For 2025 Municipal Elections

JOHNSTON COUNTY – The two-week filing period for Johnston County municipal elections ended on Friday, July 18 at noon.

The following candidates filed for office this year.

ARCHER LODGE (3 council seats)
Christopher Davis – Town Council
Terri A. Richards – Town Council
Francine (Franky) Echols – Town Council
Teresa Bruton (Incumbent) – Town Council
Roger Skinner – Town Council
Tyler Greene – Town Council

BENSON (Mayor and 3 commissioner seats)
Max Raynor (Incumbent) – Mayor
Eric Bowles – Mayor

Maxine Holley (Incumbent) – Town Commissioner
William Neighbors (Incumbent) – Town Commissioner
Will Chandler (Incumbent) – Town Commissioner

CLAYTON (3 council seats)
Andria Archer (Incumbent) – Town Council
Porter Casey Jr. (Incumbent) – Town Council
Dan Barbour – Town Council
Keith Branch – Town Council
Amanda Underwood – Town Council
Jason E. Carter – Town Council

FOUR OAKS (Mayor and two commissioner seats)
Michael Hines – Mayor

Ian D. Trammell – Town Commissioner
Sauyer Roberts – Town Commissioner
Kelly Blanchard – Town Commissioner
Linwood Parker – Town Commissioner

KENLY (Mayor and 3 council seats)
Keith Davis – Mayor
H.L. “Tooie” Hales (Incumbent) – Mayor

Latarisha “Tasha” Neal – Town Council
Mary Norman Hales – Town Council
Beverly H. Knight (Incumbent) – Town Council

MICRO (Mayor and 3 council seats)
Marty Parnell (Incumbent) – Mayor

Kathryn Garcia (Incumbent) – Town Council
Timothy Earp – Town Council
Kevin Worley (Incumbent) – Town Council

PINE LEVEL (Mayor and 4 commissioner seats)
Jeff Holt (Incumbent) – Mayor

Jimmy Garner (Incumbent) – Town Commissioner
Phil Pittman (Incumbent) – Town Commissioner
Greg Baker (Incumbent) – Town Commissioner
William “Bill” Radford (Incumbent) – Town Commissioner
Rodney Cabe – Town Commissioner

PRINCETON (Mayor and 2 commissioner seats)
Stacy Johnson (Incumbent) – Mayor

Michael E. Holmes (Incumbent) – Town Commissioner
Broderick Robinson (Incumbent) – Town Commissioner
Jimmy I. Tart – Town Commissioner
Ashley Boyette – Town Commissioner
Danielle Aimee Louvierre – Town Commissioner

SELMA (Mayor and two council seats)
Byron McAllister (Incumbent) – Mayor
Adele Walker – Mayor

Amy West Whitley (Incumbent) – Town Council
Susan P. Watson (Incumbent) – Town Council

SMITHFIELD (Mayor and four district council seats)
Andy Moore (Incumbent) – Mayor
Stuart Ashby Lee – Mayor

Gettys Cohen Jr. – Town Council District 1
Felicia C. Baxter – Town Council District 1

Sloan Stevens (Incumbent) – Town Council District 2
Elizabeth Anne Temple – Town Council District 2
Erin Keller – Town Council District 2

Travis Scott (Incumbent) – Town Council District 3
Abrilla Robinson – Town Council District 3

David Barbour (Incumbent) – Town Council District 4
Doris Wallace – Town Council District 4

WILSON’S MILLS (Mayor and 3 town council seats)
Fleta A. Byrd (Incumbent) – Mayor

David McGowan (Incumbent) – Town Council
Tim Brown (Incumbent) – Town Council
Doris Riley – Town Council

Municipal elections will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.