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Three to seek Holshouser seat

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:00 AM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

Salisbury attorney David Bingham became the third person on Monday to file for the Rowan County Superior Court Seat being vacated at the end of August with the retirement of Judge John Holshouser.

A special filing period for the seat closed at 5 p.m. Monday.

Previously filing were Rowan County District Court Judge Marshall Bickett and Anna Mills Wagoner, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, who lives in Salisbury.

The candidates filed at the N.C. State Board of Elections and paid a $1,244 filing fee.

According to state law, judges must retire at the end of the month in which they turn 72. Holshouser will reach that age Aug. 28.

The election to replace him will probably be on the Nov. 2 ballot, a State Board of Elections official said.

Since more than two candidates filed for the seat, the election will be conducted as an instant runoff. Instead of just choosing one candidate, voters will rank their choices on the ballot in order of preference, Candi Rhinehart, certification and outreach assistant with the State Board of Elections, said in July.

That method ensures a winner with no second election, she said.

County Elections Director Nancy Evans said in July she doesn’t think this type of election has ever been held in Rowan County.

Gov. Bev Perdue can appoint someone to fill Holshouser’s seat in the interim, but Rhinehart said it’s more likely an emergency judge will fill in until someone is elected.

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