Tyrrell County Republicans on Jan. 27 planned their 2020 elections strategy and chose the party’s county officers. From left are Michael Fauth, secretary; Benjamin Winslow, vice chairman; Mike Gerhart, treasurer; and Florian Deltgen, chairman. Speakers included Jonathan Sink of Raleigh, state GOP executive director; Carl Mischka of New Bern, Third Congressional District chairman; Harvey West of Plymouth, former Tyrrell resident and now First District chairman; Jordan Davis, Tyrrell commissioner; and Rob Thompson, commissioner candidate. Twenty people attended the meeting in Columbia Crossing Restaurant.