Staff report

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Republican Party will meet Aug. 1 to make preparations to fill the N.C. Senate District 34 vacancy in the state legislature.

State Sen. Andrew Brock resigned from the seat recently to take a position with the N.C. Board of Review.

The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the county commissioners’ meeting room on the second floor of the Rowan County administration building, 130 W. Innes St.

The purpose of the meeting is to prepare for a district meeting on Aug. 15 that will decide who fills the N.C. Senate District 34 vacancy in accordance with state law and party rules.

The person chosen at the district meeting and appointed by the governor will fill the remainder of Brock’s term.

For more information, contact Rowan County GOP Chairman Don Vick at chairman@rowangop.org.