HICKORY, N.C. — Jeff Cline will be sworn in as mayor of Hickory on June 6.
Cline was unanimously voted by City Council into office.
The Hickory native is a senior vice president for BB&T Insurance Services and served on the City Council in the 1990s.
Cline will finish out the term of Mayor Rudy Wright who committed suicide at his home last week.
[RELATED: Longtime Hickory mayor found dead inside home, police say]
Wright has been mayor of Hickory since 2001.
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