A Wilson County judge will challenge a Weldon City School board member for the open North Carolina state Senate District 4 seat.
Milton F. “Toby” Fitch of Wilson filed today to run against O.D. Sykes of Weldon for the seat.
There were no other filings today, according to the latest information provided by the Halifax County Board of Elections Office.
The filing period for the May 8 primary ends at noon on February 28.
On Thursday Claude Cooper, current chair of the Halifax County Board of Education, filed to seek re-election.
Incumbent county school board members Susie Evans-Lynch and Joyce Lashley have yet to file.