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PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - A political candidate in North Carolina dropped out of the race after he was recently arrested. That candidate -- 37-year-old William “Liam” Schuyler Jr. -- was running to represent District 6 on the Pitt County Board of County Commissioners. An arrest warrant alleged that Schuyler took a picture of a female without her consent on May 1. He was subsequently charged with felony secret peeping and was arrested on June 30. Records showed he was released from the Pitt County jail by the next morning after he posted a $10,000 bond. Sister-station WITN reported that...

State Senate candidate Vivian Smotherman has been busted for blowing campaign funds on a beauty consultant to do hair and makeup, signaling to voters how careless she’s likely to spend their tax dollars if elected. Smotherman is the Democrat running for the district 6 seat in southwest Colorado that includes Alamosa against incumbent Republican state Sen. Cleave Simpson. According to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, Smotherman is a bisexual transgender woman and would be the first transgender woman elected to Colorado’s state Senate. That’s if District 6 voters find Smotherman to be fiscally responsible.

A Wayne County Commissioner on Tuesday unveiled a plan for new limits, taxes, mental screening and background checks on the sale of ammunition. District 6 Commissioner Reggie “Reg” Davis, a radio host who entered politics after his brother was fatally shot, announced the multi-pronged proposal at a press conference held at his family’s mausoleum space. In addition to calling on more controls nationally, the measure would mandate local regulations that would include a mental illness and background check certified by law enforcement prior to each bullet sale — with police handling the transfer. “We’re up against some state and federal...