ELIZABETHTOWN — Thursday came and went with nobody filing for a municipal office in Bladen County.

Voters will go to the polls for the municipal elections across Bladen County on Nov. 5. There is no primary.

The municipal elections do not have any attachment to the special election being held Sept. 10, when the race for the U.S. House of Representatives seat is decided for North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District. That race is between state Sen. Dan Bishop of the Republican Party, Dan McCready of the Democratic Party, Allen Smith of the Green Party, and Jeff Scott of the Libertarian Party.

The following municipalities have these candidates through Thursday’s filing period:

• Bladenboro: Gene Norton, commissioner.

• Clarkton: Arthur Whedbee, mayor.

• Dublin: David Kirby, commissioner.

• Elizabethtown: Sylvia Campbell, mayor; Howell Clark, council; Ricky Leinwand, council; Dicky Glenn, council.

• White Lake: Jay Young, commissioner; Dean Hilton, commissioner; Tim Clifton, commissioner; Tom Riel, commissioner.

Filing takes place at the Board of Elections office, 301 S. Cypress St. in Elizabethtown. The fee is $5 for all municipal races.

Filing is available Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Next week, filing is available the same hours Monday through Thursday, and then is 8:30 a.m. to noon on July 19.

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