Longtime clerk of clerk faces political newcomer in Edgecombe County
Edgecombe County Clerk of Court Carol Allen White has served for more than three decades in office but she is facing a challenge from a legal assistant with the District Attorney’s Office who previously worked as a paralegal and who before that served in the military. Voters are deciding today whether they want White, a Democrat, to serve for another four years as the superior court clerk or whether they want to replace her with Lisa Webb, a Republican who is conducting her first campaign for public office. At stake is who for the next four years in Edgecombe County is going to be responsible for all clerical and record-keeping functions of both the superior court and the district court. District courts handle cases of lower-level crimes and civil cases between $10,000 to $25,000. Superior courts hear cases involving felony crimes, civil cases involving $25,000 or more and appeals from district courts. White also is seeking reelection in a county that has long been historically pro-Democrat, and she is running on her experience. Webb on social media is acknowledging that experience is valuable but so are fresh perspectives, new ideas and the willingness to recognize when things can be done
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