Parrott (R) will retire after 15 years as Sussex County Clerk

Sussex County Clerk Jeff Parrott said today that he would not seek re-election to a fourth term as Sussex County Clerk.

County Commissioner Chris Carney is expected to enter the Republican primary to succeed Parrott.

A popular vote-getter, Parrott served as a High Point Regional High School Board of Education member, as a councilman and mayor of Wantage, and as a Sussex County Freeholder when he was elected county clerk in 2011 following the retirement of Erma Gormley. He was re-elected by wide margins in 2016 and 2021.

Democrats have not won a countywide race in Sussex County since 1999. The filing deadline to run in the June primary is March 23.



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