Much of the local focus in the 2022 midterm election cycle will be on state government and congressional races, but there are many local government races on the ballot as well.

In Orange County, though, the vast majority of those races are already decided.

Several district and county officials will be re-elected to their roles after running unopposed in the general election cycle. Some of the candidates defeated others during the primary elections back in May, but results on November 8 on not in doubt for the group of Democratic local leaders.

In Superior Court, the District 15B seats that cover Orange and Chatham counties will remain with its two current judges. Judge Alyson A. Grine, who was appointed to her seat in January 2021, and Judge Allen Baddour will serve eight-year terms. Meanwhile, in district court, Judge C. Todd Roper will earn his first election after being appointed in September of 2020. Jeff Nieman will become Orange County’s latest district attorney, running unopposed after winning the May primary against Kayley Taber.

There are also a variety of Orange County Board of Commissioner seats that will start new terms with its current members. Sally Greene will be re-elected to her at-large seat, Jamezetta Bedford will be re-elected to District 1 and Earl McKee will be re-elected to District 2. Additionally, Anna Richards will be officially elected to a District 1 seat, which will be up for election again in 2024. Richards was appointed to the Board of County Commissioners in September 2021 to fill the seat of Mark Dorosin, who was elected in 2020.

Additionally, there are three other county elected roles on the ballot in this cycle. Mark Kleinschmidt will once again be elected as Orange County’s Clerk of Superior Court, Mark Chilton will be re-election after winning a primary for Register of Deeds, and Sheriff Charles Blackwood will be re-elected for another four-year term.

The early voting period in Orange County, and North Carolina, will run through Saturday, November 5. More information on contested state and congressional races can be found on Chapelboro’s Local Elections Page.

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