When filing for the 2022 mid-term elections starts at noon Monday, congressional and state legislative hopefuls will encounter a drastically different political landscape in Wayne County.
Mount Olive elections originally scheduled for Nov. 2 have been postponed to March 8, 2022, because of delayed census data required for redistricting.
Anne Risku, Wayne County elections director, said the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the 2020 census and that, as a result, some North Carolina municipalities need more time to redraw local voting districts.
Filing dates for Mount Oliveâs election are yet to be determined, depending on when the districts are redrawn, Risku said.
The Mount Olive elections are for mayor, an at-large commissioner seat, and town commissioner seats in Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4. The normal term for each seat is two years.
The incumbents are Mayor Kenneth Talton; Commissioner Steve Wiggins, at-large; Vicky Darden, District 1; Harlie Carmichael, District 2; Barbara Kornegay, District 3; and Dennis Draper, District 4.