Hoffman withdrawing from District 2 council race

6:38 p.m. April 16, 2026

DUANE CROSS
MCO Publisher•Editor

Hampton Hoffman is withdrawing from the District 2 Metro Council race, cutting the field from six to five ahead of the Aug. 6 election.

Hoffman announced the decision Thursday night in a Facebook post, saying family needs now require him to be in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He said he and his wife, Teresa, are caring for a brother-in-law who needs significant support while also working through a complicated custody matter involving their granddaughter.

“Both require I be in Tuscaloosa,” Hoffman wrote. “We have gotten through 51 years together. We are not changing that.”

Hoffman also said he did not think he had a real chance to win. In the same post, he wrote that “there is too much family voting” and said being “not from Moore County” should not affect his qualifications.

He closed by thanking supporters and writing that while family came first, “hometown is an extended family.”

Hoffman had been one of six candidates running for the district’s three seats on Aug. 6. His exit leaves Robert Bracewell, Douglas Carson, Payton Keller, Micki Riddle, and Jenny Jo Gold Saddler in the race.

For the Aug. 6 General Election, the withdrawal deadline was March 17, but family circumstances led Hoffman to make a post-deadline decision.