There are four candidates vying for two seats on the Surf City Town Council.

Incumbents Hugh Cannady and Jeremy Shugarts will face challengers Jillian Rodrigues de Miranda and Andreas “Andy” Pleil. Daniel Blevins had also filed to run but withdrew from the race after the filing period ended.

Surf City is a beach town located on Topsail Island and it falls in two counties: Pender and Onslow. According to the town's new residents guide, it has a population of 4,481 people.

The town operates under the council-manager form of government with one mayor and a board of five council members with one acting as the mayor pro tempore. Councilors serve a four-year term. This race is nonpartisan. According to Carla Citarelli, town clerk, the stipend for town council members is $500 per month, and th

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