Created: 6/2/2009 1:25:15 PM 
Graham, NC -- Republican leaders will meet next week to decide who will fill the seat left vacant by Rep. Cary Allred.
He resigned Monday after weeks of accusations he inappropriately hugged a teenage page and showed up on the House floor drunk. He denies both allegations.
Allred was elected to eight terms in the state House and two in the state Senate.
Brent Woodcox, a spokesman for the NC Republican Party, said the Alamance Count Republican Executive Committee will meet Monday night at 7:00 pm at the old county courthouse building in Graham.
All members of that committee live in District 64.
Woodcox said the meeting is open to the public but only members of the committee can vote for a replacement. Once a replacement is chosen, the name will be submitted to the Governor for approval.
Robert Simpson, chair of the GOP in Alamance County, said several people have expressed interest.
He said Dan Ingle, current vice chairman of the Alamance County Board of Commissioners, is considered the frontrunner.
Ingle said he hopes he gets the seat. If he is appointed, he must resign from the Alamance County Board of Commissioners. Simpson said the Republican party would be responsible for filling Ingle's seat.
Simpson said former State Sen. Hugh Webster is also in the running.
Rodney Holt is interested in the position. His wife, Barbara Holt, is president of the North Carolina Right to Life, Simpson said.
Kenneth Kruger, a U.S. Postal Service employee, has expressed interest, Simpson said.
Keith Whited, a Burlington attorney, and Steve Carter, a retired banker, have shown interest in the seat, according to Simpson, though he said he has not spoken directly with them.
WFMY News 2
