A look ahead to the Nov. 3 election

Originally published in The Sylva Herald on July 30, 2020.  The Nov. 3 general election is fewer than 100 days away, and Jackson County residents have some big decisions to make. Below is a sample of some of the candidates in the running. For the Jackson County Board of Commissioners District 3 seat, Democrat Susan […]

The election for the Republican nominee of the 11th Congressional District is set have a second primary

The Jackson County Board of Elections is preparing for a second primary for the Congressional District 11 Republican nominee between Lynda Bennett and Madison Cawthorn. Bennett had 22.7 percent while Cawthorn amassed 20.4 percent of the vote. In North Carolina, if the first-place candidate does not get more than 30 percent, the second-place finisher can […]