Staff reports
The date for local candidates to file has passed and the journey to Election Day has begun.
There is a mixture of incumbents and newcomers running for open seats on the Beaufort City Council, Beaufort County Council, Beaufort County Board of Education and for the Beaufort Mayoral seat.
These are the local candidates that will appear on the ballot in November:
Clerk of Court – Jerri Roseneau – Republican
Coroner – Deborah Ann Youmans – Republican
County Council, District 1 – Jevona M Armstrong – Forward Party
County Council, District 1 – Adam Biery – Republican
County Council, District 1 – Gerald Dawson – Democratic
County Council, District 3 – York Glover – Democratic
County Council, District 7 – Logan S Cunningham – Republican
County Council, District 7 – Sarah McCarty – Democratic
Soil and Water District Commission – Denise M Parsick – Nonpartisan
Board of Education, District 1 – Isaac Gordon – Nonpartisan
Board of Education, District 1 – Trad C Williams – Nonpartisan
Board of Education, District 6 – Alphonso Small Jr. – Nonpartisan
Board of Education, District 9 – Leal K Frazier – Nonpartisan
Board of Education, District 11 – Ingrid Boatright – Nonpartisan
Mayor, City of Beaufort – Phil Cromer – Nonpartisan
Mayor, City of Beaufort – Josh Scallate – Nonpartisan
City Council Seat, City of Beaufort – Julie Crenshaw – Nonpartisan
City Council Seat, City of Beaufort – Josh Gibson – Nonpartisan
City Council Seat, City of Beaufort – Neil B Lipsitz – Nonpartisan
City Council Seat, City of Beaufort – Mitch Mitchell – Nonpartisan
Election Day falls on Nov. 5, 2024, this year and will also include statewide Senate and Representative seats as well as seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
This is also a presidential election year, so presidential candidates will also appear on ballots in Beaufort County.