Article: BARNES TO BE OPPOSED FOR DISTRICT COURT BENCH.(LOCAL)

Byline: MASON PETERS, STAFF WRITER

ELIZABETH CITY -- Dare County Judge Edgar L. Barnes had to wait for months before he was finally sworn in last year as a governor-appointed member of the District Court bench.

And this week Barnes learned that keeping the job by winning the seat on his own in the November elections is also going to be complicated.

Pasquotank County Attorney Donald Ikerd ``Ike'' McRee Jr. said Thursday he would oppose Barnes for the District Court seat.

``I plan to file Friday,'' said McRee, who was county attorney in Currituck County before taking over the same job in Pasquotank County in 1992.

The 36-year-old Barnes and the ...

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