First in Fight
The 1st Congressional District saw a notable candidate withdrawal. Meanwhile, other campaigns have just gotten started.
Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson recently announced that he won’t continue his GOP primary run in the 1st Congressional District, citing reconfigured voting lines and a need to attend to his city’s financial crisis.
A new city manager performed a detailed review of the city’s finances, concluding that Rocky Mount spent millions more each month than it received and would need to lay off about 100 municipal workers.
Roberson has long had his eye on Congress. In 2022, he narrowly lost a primary in the northeastern part of the state to Republican businesswoman Sandy Smith.
