Filing for the Nov. 8 elections opened with a pre-Fourth of July bang Friday across the Triangle.

All three Orange County mayors filed for re-election on the busy first day of filing.

Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt will seek his second term. Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton and Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens each will seek a fourth.

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