Retired Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett to run for NC Senate District 1 seat

Retired Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett has announced his candidacy for the District 1 seat in the NC Senate. That seat is currently held by Republican Bobby Hanig, who is running for Congress next year in a reconfigured First Congressional District.

This past May, Tillett retired from the bench after more than three decades as a Superior Court Judge.

Here are excerpts from the release issued on Nov. 5.

A standing-room-only crowd gathered this week at a lively event hosted by the Pasquotank County Republican Party, where Jerry R. Tillett, retired Chief Superior Court Judge for North Carolina’s First Judicial District, officially announced his candidacy for the North Carolina Senate District 1.

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