Pittsboro Mayor Kyle Shipp will seek another term in the role, as he filed to run for re-election on Tuesday.
Shipp ran unopposed in his first mayoral campaign, as he succeeded Cindy Perry in 2023 after serving four years as a town commissioner and earning Perry’s endorsement. This will be the first mayoral term for the town government set to last four years, after the Board of Commissioners made an update two years ago to have the terms better align with the board’s elections.
“Over the last two years, we’ve made real progress — improving infrastructure, enhancing communication, and planning for Pittsboro’s future together,” Shipp wrote in his update shared on Facebook. “I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished, and I’m excited to keep working on the challenges and opportunities ahead. Thank you for your continued support — and let’s keep building a Pittsboro we’re all proud to call home.”
So far in his tenure, Shipp has continued to help usher Pittsboro through its period of growth while promoting consciousness toward the town’s historical downtown and roots. As the ongoing large-scale development of Chatham Park both begins to come online and continues its buildout, the engineering professional and U.S. Army veteran maintains his goal of ensuring those neighborhoods are connected to the Pittsboro community — in infrastructure, resources and character.
Additionally, Shipp used Pittsboro’s commitment to water quality to help boost its profile as an example to be followed in the state and country. A supporter of both the town’s utility merger with the City of Sanford and the implementation of a granulated activated carbon (GAC) system during his time as a commissioner, he has used the mayoral platform to tout the opportunity both of those investments are providing the town — hosting then-North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein at the town’s water treatment plant in Feb. 2024 and then traveling to Washington D.C. that spring to speak with Environmental Protection Agency staff about Pittsboro’s efforts and ongoing needs. To this day, the town reports its GAC system continues to have success greatly reducing the PFAS chemicals in its drinking water and the utility merger will allow for expanded capacity for the community’s ongoing development.
Beyond the mayoral election, Pittsboro’s Board of Commissioners will see two seats on the ballot this fall. Incumbents Pamela Baldwin — a five-term commissioner who first earned election in 2005 — and James Vose, who is finishing his first term, have not yet publicly announced whether they plan to seek re-election. In the non-partisan race, the top two vote-earners will be elected to four-year terms to the six-person board.
The filing period for the 2025 municipal election cycle in North Carolina began on Monday and will run through 12 p.m. of Friday, July 18. Election Day will be held Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Featured photo via Kyle for Pittsboro.
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