Filing for the 2012 election opens Feb. 9 but candidates are already lining up and announcing their intention to seek office, including Rep. Norman Sanderson, R-Pamlico.
Sanderson announced he plans to seek the N.C. District 2 Senate seat now held by Sen. Jean Preston, R-Carteret, who last week said that she will not seek reelection.
Preston said she will fill out her present term “with the same zeal….”
Stepping up with an announcement to run for the house seat Sanderson will vacate is Michael Speciale, a retired Marine who is former Craven County Republican Party chairman. A leader in Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association, Speciale has previously run for the house.
In declaring his intent to file for the seat, Sanderson said: “Senator Preston has set the bar high when it comes to hard work, ethical standards and sound fiscal accountability. I assure the people of the 2nd District that I will uphold that legacy as I strive to be their next State Senator.”
Pamlico resident and Havelock businessman Sanderson has served Craven and Pamlico counties in N.C. House District 3 and said he sees the move as a logical progression.
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