There are four candidates vying for two seats on the Holden Beach Board of Commissioners.

Voters may cast ballots for two of the following candidates for the board of commissioners: Chad Hock, Sylvia Pate, Keith Smith, and Maria Surprise. Robert E. Brown had also filed to run but withdrew from the race after the filing period ended.

This Brunswick County beach town is south of Oak Island and north of Ocean Isle, and according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, it has a population of about 1,000 full-time residents.

The town has a mayor and a board of five commissioners with one acting as the mayor pro tempore. Commissioners serve four-year terms, and the mayor serves a two-year term. This race is nonpartisan. According to information provided by the Holden Beach town clerk, the mayor

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