Everette Witherspoon, a 34-yearold Forsyth County commissioner announced he was running for a seat in the NC General Assembly the day Larry Womble announced he wasn’t. The senior member of the Forsyth County delegation, Womble had planned to run for NC Senate District 32 after Republican-controlled redistricting exiled the seat’s current occupant. But Womble was seriously injured in a car accident in December and decided against running. Thus followed a reshuffl e, with Earline Parmon seeking the District 32 seat, and Witherspoon seeking to replace Womble in District 71...

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