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By Ben McNeely | Media General

Published: July 6, 2009

Updated: 07/15/2009 03:33 pm

Filing for municipal office began Monday, July 6 at noon. Many of the municipal boards in Cabarrus and Rowan counties have their mayors and at least three council members up for election. This election will set the tone and direction of local government for the next four years.

We'll keep you up-to-date on who has filed to run:

CABARRUS COUNTY

City of Concord
For mayor, four-year term:
- Scott Padgett (i)
- Johnny Elvis Almond
- Mike Helms

For council, four-year term (3 seats):
- District 3: Ella Mae Small (i)
- District 4: Alfred M. Brown Jr. (i)
- District 5: Lamar Barrier (i)

City of Kannapolis
For mayor, four-year term:
- Bob Misenheimer (i)
- Bill Nickolas Georgiou

For council, four-year term (3 seats):
- Darrell Hinnant (i)
- Gene McCombs (i)
- Randy Cauthen (i)
- Michael Mishkin

Town of Harrisburg
For mayor, four-year term:
- Phil Cowherd
- Tim Hagler (i)

For council, four-year term (3 seats):
- Steve Sciascia (i)
- Michael Hart (i)
- Jeffrey W. Phillips
- Chad Baucom
- William F. (Bill) Withrow

Town of Mount Pleasant
For town commission, four-year term (3 seats):
- Michael B. Metcalf
- James Johnson III (i)
- Richard D. (Rick) Burleyson (i)

For town commission, unexpired two-year term (1 seat):
- Warren Chapman (i)

Town of Midland
For mayor, four-year term:
- Kathy Kitts
- Robert Michael Webb

For council, four-year term (2 seats):
- Richard Wise
- Kee Hunter
- Luke Bailey, Jr.
- Don McSheehan

For more information about filing and registering to vote, visit the Cabarrus County Board of Elections Web site at http://www.co.cabarrus.nc.us/Elections/

ROWAN COUNTY

Town of Landis
For aldermen, two-year term (2 seats):
- James Furr (i)
- Craig Sloop (i)

Town of China Grove
For town council, two-year term (3 seats)
- Butch Bivens (i)
- No filing
- No filing

For more information about filing or registering to vote, visit the Rowan County Board of Elections at http://www.co.rowan.nc.us/GOVERNMENT/Departments/B...

Filing period
- Filing opens Monday, July 6 at noon and closes Friday, July 17 at noon.

Qualifications:
- In a non-partisan municipal election, candidates must reside and must be registered to vote in the municipality in which they wish to file.
- In the City of Concord ONLY - a candidate must be a registered voter in the District in which they file. Candidates are voted on at-large (meaning all voters in the City of Concord may vote for all offices on the ballot).
- Candidates must be 21 years of age unless a city charter specifies otherwise.
- 30 day residency required before the election.
- Filing fees are determined on at least 1% of the office's salary. Filing fees will be announced and posted before filing begins.

The list of candidates will be updated by the end of each business day. Keep visiting independenttribune.com for updates.