Candidate roundup: Distefano says he won't seek election, Carrsville race now contested Read more at: https://www.smit
At least one available seat on Isle of Wight County’s Board of Supervisors will see a contested race in November.
Meanwhile, no candidates have qualified for the District 2 supervisor seat to fill the remainder of the late William McCarty’s term.
McCarty, 48, who’d served on the Board of Supervisors since 2016, died of double pneumonia on Jan. 25, just over a year into his third four-year term in office. On March 6, the four remaining supervisors voted to appoint Thomas Distefano, formerly of the county’s Planning Commission, to temporarily fill the vacated seat through election day. Distefano told the Times on June 13 he isn’t planning to run in the special election.
County Registrar Lisa Betterton told the Times on June 12 that Robert Eley recently qualified to get his name on the Nov. 4 ballot for District 5, formerly known as the Carrsville District. Don Rosie, the incumbent District 5 representative, has also qualified for the ballot.
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