NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Now resigned from the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners, Ted Davis Jr. will take his oath of office Wednesday evening to fill the N.C. House District 19 seat that former representative Danny McComas recently vacated.
According to the New Hanover County Republican Party, the swearing-in will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the county commission’s chambers at the historic courthouse located 24 N. Third St., Wilmington.
Davis will serve out the remaining weeks of McComas’s unexpired term as he campaigns for full election to the District 19 spot. The Republican and Wilmington native will face off with Democrat and Kure Beach town commissioner Emilie Swearingen on Nov. 6.
McComas, the Republican who served nine terms in the legislature, resigned in early September after Gov. Bev Perdue appointed him chairman of the N.C. State Ports Authority Board of Directors.
Davis, an attorney professionally, had served on the county commission since 1996 and left as its chairman. His term on that board was set to expire this year.
His past roles include former assistant attorney for New Hanover County, assistant district attorney for the 13th Judicial District, and an assistant attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina.
