Tag: election
By Linda Cicoira -- Five contested races will be on the ballot in Accomack County in the November general election, including two matches for school board positions. It will be the first time voters there will get to choose school board members as those representatives were previously chosen by...
By Linda Cicoira -- Sen. Lynwood W. Lewis won the Democratic Party’s nomination for state senator in Tuesday’s primary with a landslide victory over challenger Willie C. Randall, a former member of the Northampton Board of Supervisors.
Overall, Lewis took 4,557 votes or 70.59% compared to Randall’s 1,899 or 29.41%.
In...
By Linda Cicoira -- Voters from Accomack and Northampton counties will be going to the polls this Tuesday, June 11, to cast their ballots in a race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for state senate.
It is also the deadline for candidates to qualify to be on the ballot...
By Stefanie Jackson – Roberta Kellam, of Franktown, is no longer running for the Northampton County Board of Supervisors in District 4. The announcement was made June 2 via Facebook.
“Family healthcare circumstances will require that I be off the Shore frequently during the upcoming campaign season,” she wrote.
“This responsibility...
By Linda Cicoira -- Accomack School Board Member Camesha Handy announced Tuesday that she will seek the District 5 seat on the Accomack County Public School Board in the November general election.
The Gargatha Landing resident has served in the post since she was appointed by the School Board Selection...
By Stefanie Jackson – Spencer Murray, the chairman of the Northampton board of supervisors, offered advice to citizens at the May 14 supervisors meeting.
“We are 28 days from the deadline for getting on the ballot in District 4, to replace me, and in District 5, to replace Mr. Duer...
By Linda Cicoira -- Connie Burford, of Bloxom, was one of the movers and shakers who rallied for an elected Accomack County School Board. She announced her candidacy this week for the District 4 seat on that panel in the November General Election.
“As a lifelong resident of the Eastern...
By Linda Cicoira -- Accomack County’s treasurer won’t be seeking another four-year term in November but a 14-year veteran deputy treasurer is planning to run for the post.
“I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to serve the citizens of Accomack County for the past 24 years,” Treasurer...
By Linda Cicoira -- District 7 Supervisor Laura Belle Gordy has been a devoted member of the Accomack Board of Supervisors since she was first elected in 1988. She is now serving her seventh four-year term and announced this week that at the end of 2019 it will be...
By Linda Cicoira
Accomack Supervisor Harris Phillips III announced Thursday that he is seeking a second term on the board of supervisors.
“It has been a great honor to serve my friends and neighbors of the 5th District over the past four years,” said Phillips, “There is still plenty more work...
