Person County GOP reorganization
In the second half of 2025 the Person County GOP Executive Committee split into two factions. Faction #1 was comprised of: Chairwoman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and some Precinct-Chairs. Faction #2 was comprised of: Prior-Chairwoman, Treasurer, and several of the Precinct-Chairs.
Faction #2 has made 5 attempts to remove the Chairwoman since the Fall of 2025. In a nutshell, here's how it went down.
In November, faction #2 made their first attempt to oust the Chairwoman by pushing her to resign, and she would not.
In December, Faction #2 got louder about ousting the current Chairwoman. So, she allowed a vote for her removal to be added to the agenda of the quarterly Executive Committee Meeting – and it failed.
In February, faction #2 made two more attempts – and they both failed.
In March, faction #2 attempted to prevent the PCGOP 2026 Convention from occurring, by improperly locking the building – however, faction #1 held the PCGOP 2026 Convention in the parking lot. Later in March, faction #2 held a faux 'convention' in a restaurant in Roxboro.
In April, faction #2 submitted to the North Carolina GOP headquarters in Raleigh an arbitration request to oust the Chairwoman and to give control to faction #2. Later in April, the NCGOP Arbitration Committee took up this request, and held a hearing.
In May, the NCGOP Arbitration Committee issued a decree, saying (among several points of conclusion):
- Precinct-Chairs are not part of the Executive Committee
- Prior-Chairwoman is not part of the Executive Committee
- Chairwoman Lawrence has been, and still is, in office