Source: WRAL, 7/27/20

A retired educator and county Democratic Party chairwoman will serve out the term of former Rep.  Jean Farmer-Butterfield, D-Wilson, and seek her own two-year term in the fall. Democratic activists in Wilson County meeting on Saturday selected Linda Cooper-Suggs to fill the vacancy created when Farmer-Butterfield resigned from her District 24 seat, The Wilson Times reported.

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