{"id":24042,"date":"2025-03-12T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wakeforestgazette.com\/?p=24042"},"modified":"2025-03-12T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T22:40:00","slug":"we-will-elect-a-mayor-two-commissioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wakeforestgazette.com\/we-will-elect-a-mayor-two-commissioners\/","title":{"rendered":"We will elect a mayor, two commissioners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The political maneuvering, jostling, gossip and innuendo has been going on for months and will continue, but us mushrooms, not privy to it all, will get some political clarity later this spring when the candidates pay a fee and declare they will run for election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Wake Forest the contests will be for the offices of mayor and two commissioner seats. Our current mayor is Vivian Jones, who has held that seat since 2001, six terms. The two commissioners who are finishing their first four-year terms are Keith Shackleford and Nick Sliwinski. Candidates for mayor will pay a $50 fee; candidates for commissioner pay a $15 fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The filing period will be from 8:30 a.m. on July 7, 2025 to 12 noon on July 18, 2025 at the Wake County Board of Elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wake County Board of Elections will hold two weeks in July open for candidates to declare, from 8:30 a.m. on July 7, 2025 to 12 noon on July 18, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The political maneuvering, jostling, gossip and innuendo has been going on for months and will continue, but us mushrooms, not privy to it all, will get some political clarity later this spring when the candidates pay a fee and declare they will run for election. 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