Elections take shape after candidate filing ends. SALISBURY POST — The 2025 municipal elections are officially set after filing ended at noon on Friday.

In Salisbury, challenger Gemale Black became the last person to add his name to the race for the Salisbury City Council. Black is the head of the Salisbury-Rowan NAACP and no stranger to city politics, having run for election to the City Council multiple times in the past decade. Other candidates for the Salisbury City Council include incumbents Harry McLaughlin, David Post, Carlton Jackson and Susan Kluttz along with challengers Adrian Maldonado, Shanikka Gadson-Harris and Nina Thomas.

The candidates are vying for all four spots on the City Council. However, because this is the election that staggered terms are going to be implemented, the two highest vote-getters will serve four-year terms while the other two will serve two-year terms. Incumbent Tamara Sheffield filed for reelection to the mayoral seat and is running unchallenged.

Read about all the municipalities with an election in 2025 and the candidates who have filed at: https://www.salisburypost.com/2025/07/19/elections-take-shape-after-candidate-filing-ends/