ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. A Pasquotank County elections official did not act improperly by sharing records related to an election protest with a local Republican leader, according to an investigation by the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

CHESAPEAKE In the days after winning the May 6 mayoral election, Councilman Alan Krasnoff sat down with City Manager William Harrell to say he wanted to lower the tax rate more than what was originally proposed.

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Rosemary Wilson announced Monday that she is running for re-election to the at-large seat.

Wilson, who has been on the City Council since 2000, said she plans to file for re-election today.

Wilson has been raising money and as of March 31 had $65,198, according the Virginia Public Access Project, a nonprofit group that tracks campaign contributions.

CHESAPEAKE Suzy Kelly was among the Republican City Council candidates Tuesday night who joined hands before a cheering crowd and raised their arms in victory. A mile and a half way, a disappointed Vice Mayor Dwight Parker left the Democratic gathering, thinking he had lost the final council seat to Kelly by a mere six votes.

PORTSMOUTH Martha Ann Creecy slapped some bumper stickers with "mayor" on leftover yard signs from a failed council run in 2004 and picked up $25 donations here and there. She got people she knew around the city to stick the signs on their lawns. It almost worked.

CHESAPEAKE Two years ago, city voters were angry over rising property assessments and real estate taxes. And they took it out on the three Republican council incumbents, who were ousted from the board. Chesapeake Republicans got the message.

Three new people will join the Perquimans County school board in July, and all three county commissioner incumbents will be on the ballot in November. Incumbents Shirley Wiggins and Mack Nixon won Tuesday's Democratic primary for seats on the Board of Commissioners along with newcomer Tommy Lynn Riddick, who previously served on the county's Board of Education.

ELIZABETH CITY In November, Commissioners Bill Trueblood and Lloyd Griffin will go unchallenged in their re-election bids. Commissioner Jeff Dixon, however, will face a re-election challenge from former City Councilman Bill Lehmann, who won the Republican nomination Tuesday.

Democrat Michael Cherry will face Republican Vance Aydlett in the fall general election for the District 1 Currituck County Board of Commissioners seat after handily beating long time incumbent Ernie Bowden on Tuesday. Aydlett easily defeated Republican Keith Hill of Corolla in the primary.

By Connie Sage With record numbers of Chowan County voters coming out Tuesday for state, national and local primaries, two incumbent county commissioners, including the board's only Republican, were defeated in the election. Republican political newcomer Eddy Goodwin won the District 2, Seat 1 slot held by Bill Gardner Jr. No Democrat is running for the seat in November's general election.