CONCORD, N.C. — Cabarrus County Commissioner Larry Pittman is resigning from the Board of Commissioners effective September 30 as he prepares to move to eastern North Carolina.
Pittman, a Republican, was elected to the commission in 2024 after serving in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2011 through 2022.
His years in the General Assembly also included remarks and proposals that generated statewide controversy.
In 2017, Pittman compared President Abraham Lincoln to Adolf Hitler during an online discussion involving states’ rights and the Civil War. He later said he regretted the comparison. Pittman also supported legislation challenging the U.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling.
Following the 2018 Parkland school shooting, Pittman apologized after sharing a Facebook comment suggesting the shooting could have been part of a conspiracy designed to advance gun-control legislation.
Pittman later advocated allowing specially trained teachers and other school personnel to carry concealed firearms, arguing armed personnel could help protect students.
His resignation will create a vacancy on the five-member Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners.
Because Pittman was elected as a Republican, the Cabarrus County Republican Party Executive Committee will have a significant—and potentially decisive—role in determining his successor.
Under N.C.G.S. §153A-27.1, the Republican Executive Committee has 30 days after the vacancy occurs to recommend a qualified Republican. If that recommendation is submitted within the deadline, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners is required to appoint the committee’s recommended candidate.
That means the commissioners formally make the appointment, but a timely recommendation from the Cabarrus GOP determines whom they must appoint.
Pittman’s term was scheduled to continue through 2028.
His departure ends his current tenure in Cabarrus County government and begins a new selection process within the county Republican Party.
AUXIO.TV will follow the selection process and the appointment of Pittman’s successor.