He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Pembroke State University and a master of music from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Milton R. Hunt, the mayor of Pembroke for the past 17 years, and Roderick G. Locklear of Columbia, MD also have filed for a seat in the new government. Hunt, who lives in Pembroke, filed for tribal chair. Hunt has served 25 years on the Pembroke Town Council, including the last 17 as mayor. He is in his second term as Robeson County Democratic chairman.
Hunt is self-employed in the drywall construction business.
Locklear filed for District 17, which consists of all states east of the Mississippi River except North Carolina and South Carolina. The district covers 19 states and the District of Columbia. Locklear serves on the Lumbee Self-Determination Commission and is chairman of the commission's Tribal Referendum and Election Committee. He is a charter member and past chairman of the Lumbee Regional Development Association and the Lumbee delegate to the National Congress of American Indians. He is a manager in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.