Longtime Chatham County Sheriff Mike Roberson will officially step down from the role and join the county’s Board of Commissioners after accepting an appointment to the elected body. His abbreviated term will begin on Thursday, July 16.
The board met on Monday and discussed the District 3 seat left vacant by David Delaney’s resignation from the position in May – ending his four year term early after not running for re-election and stepping down ahead of a move out of the county. The remaining county commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Roberson, who earned the recommendation of the Chatham County Democratic Party to fill the vacancy. The decision comes after Roberson won March’s Democratic primary election and is poised to serve a four-year term in District 3 as an unopposed candidate in November.
In order to accept the commissioner role, however, Roberson has to step down from the sheriff’s office. On Tuesday morning, he announced his formal retirement from the law enforcement title effective July 15.
“Serving as your Sheriff has been one of the greatest honors of my life,” he wrote on Facebook. “For nearly four decades, I have had the privilege of working alongside dedicated public servants, law enforcement officers, first responders, community leaders, and residents who care deeply about this county.
“I am grateful to the people of Chatham County for trusting me with this responsibility,” Roberson added. “I am also deeply thankful to the men and women of the Sheriff’s Office for their service, professionalism, and commitment to protecting and serving our community every day.”
Roberson has served as the county’s sheriff since 2016 and was last elected in 2022. Prior to serving as sheriff, he worked in many roles within the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office, including as a detention administrator, school resource supervisor and chief deputy. The current chief deputy, Steve Maynor, will act as the sheriff for the office until November’s election determines Roberson’s official successor. Maynor earned the Democratic nomination and is endorsed by the outgoing sheriff, while Siler City parole officer Marcus Globuschutz earned the Republican nomination and independent candidate Bruce Coble seeks to earn a third-party spot in the race.
Roberson’s selection and appointment comes after the outgoing Delaney raised questions about his colleagues’ adherence to state law and appointment procedures, partially stemming from an April meeting of the Chatham County Democratic Party’s Executive Committee. In an email with Chapelboro, Delaney said in addition to a quorum of commissioners attending the meeting, District 2 Amanda Robertson expressed that the other board members were aligned in their preference on who would fill Delaney’s vacated seat for the rest of 2026. Delaney then tried to raise the topic and those concerns during the board’s May 18 meeting – resulting in a tense opening to proceedings that ended with Robertson threatening to have Delaney removed after he continued to discuss the topic and his motion to add to the agenda failed. Typically, formal vacancy appointment procedures and public board discussions take place during the meetings following a resignation, which Delaney submitted on May 21.
The last appointment to the Chatham County Board of Commissioners came in 2022, after Jim Crawford stepped down from office and Robert Logan was appointed to temporarily represent District 4 at the recommendation of the county’s Democratic party.
During Monday’s meeting, Commissioner Karen Howard said she supported the nomination of Roberson in order to follow the recent precedent set by the board. But she said Roberson’s upcoming election to the position makes him a logical selection anyways.
“This is the person that won the primary and doesn’t have an opponent and therefore would have been so clearly the People’s Choice,” the District 1 commissioner said. “So, he would be the commissioner for [District 3] in any event. And it would seem like a very, very temporary [decision] – and probably not particularly useful to the work of this board – to have somebody else step in for that brief period.
“He’s been listening in on the conversations, he’s prepared to do it,” Howard added. “And if anything else, he just gets his feet wet a little early.”
After the unanimous vote, the current commissioners, county staff and others in attendance gave Roberson – seated to the right of the room – a round of applause of congratulations.
While he did not make any comments during the meeting, Roberson shared a message on his personal Facebook page on Monday night thanking the board for its confidence and thanking Delaney for his service to the community.
“One thing I have learned is that no one person has all the answers,” Roberson wrote. “Good decisions come from listening, learning, asking questions, and working together. That is the approach I intend to bring to this role. Chatham County is growing and changing, and this position carries a significant responsibility. I do not view this appointment as a platform for personal agendas or political victories. I view it as another opportunity to serve.”
Roberson will take the oath of office ahead of the Chatham County Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Monday, July 27. The board is also slated to meet on Monday, June 22 with the town boards of Pittsboro, Siler City and Goldston. The full agenda and video of the board’s June 15 meeting can be found on the county’s Legistar website.
Featured photo via Mike Roberson on Facebook.
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