District Attorney Seth Edwards wants to keep his job.

In Raleigh on Friday, Edwards, the top prosecutor for the 2^nd Judicial District, filed the paperwork and paid the filing fee so he can run for re-election. Edwards, a Democrat, was first elected district attorney in 2002 and re-elected in 2006 in a contested race and in 2010, when he was unopposed.

The 2^nd Judicial District includes Beaufort County, where Edwards lives, and Martin, Washington, Hyde and Tyrrell counties. The district attorney is elected to a four-year term.

The filing period ends at noon Friday.

As of Friday, four Republicans are in the hunt for the available seat on the Board of Commissioners.

They are Run Buzzeo, Don Cox, Keith Kidwell and Frankie Waters.

So far, Democrats Ed Booth, an incumbent, and Robert B. Cayton, a former commissioner, have filed to run for the board.

In Beaufort County this election cycle, voters will elect members of Congress, N.C. General Assembly members, county commissioners, a sheriff, a clerk of court, a district attorney, school-board members and soil-and-water commissioners.

As of Friday, four Democrats and three Republicans are seeking to replace Sheriff Alan Jordan, who is not seeking re-election. The Democrats are Todd Alligood, Russell Davenport, Gary W. Blount and Al J. Whitney. The Republicans are Ernie Coleman, Donald Dixon and Harry Meredith.

E.C. Peed, who represents District 2 on the Beaufort County Board of Education, has filed for re-election. Michael Bilbro has filed to run for the District 6 seat on the Beaufort County Board of Education. Butch Oliver has filed to seek the District 8 seat on the school board. Terry Williams has filed to seek re-election as the District 4 representative on the school board.

The even-numbered seats on the nine-member Beaufort County Board of Education are available this election cycle. The Board of Education races are nonpartisan.

Incumbent Clerk of Court Marty Paramore, a Democrat, has filed for re-election.

He is being challenged for the clerk of court’s seat by Eva Buck, who has not yet filed but announced her candidacy late last year. She plans to run as an unaffiliated candidate.

Republican Jimbo Shiver has filed to run for the clerk of court’s position.

Incumbent state Sen. Bill Cook, a Republican who lives in Beaufort County, has filed for re-election in his effort to continue to represent District 1 in the state Senate. Former state Sen. Stan White, a Dare County Democrat, has filed to seek the Democratic nomination for District 1. Cook narrowly defeated White in the 2012 election.

Ashley Woolard, a Washington resident, joins fellow Republicans Mattie Lawson and Jeremy D. Adams in seeking to become the Republican nominee in the race for the 6^th District seat in the state House. Incumbent Paul Tine, a freshman legislator and a Democrat, is seeking re-election.

Primaries are set for May 6. Early voting for the primaries begins April 24 and ends May 3. The general election is set for Nov. 4, with early voting in the general election beginning Oct. 23 and ending Nov. 1.