By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
The candidate pool for the Morganton mayoral race has shrunk by one, narrowing the contest to a 24-year incumbent mayor and a former community college president.
Thomas McCurry, who has run for mayor in every election since 1997, withdrew last week. McCurry did not say why, and calls made to his home Tuesday were not answered.
McCurry, 89, served on the Burke County Board of Commissioners from 1992 to 1996 and runs a tableware business in downtown Morganton. In the last election, Mayor Mel Cohen defeated McCurry 920 to 293 votes.
Cohen will face Jim Richardson, former president of Western Piedmont Community College, at the polls on Oct. 9.
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