Elections and candidate filings
Open seats and who has filed for them, from the North Carolina State Board of Elections candidate filing files, covering Chatham and Wake County. Filing periods are short, so a contest showing nobody usually means filing has not opened yet rather than that nobody wants the job.
48
contests on the ballot
52
seats up
90
candidates filed
22
already uncontested
Include state and federal races
November 2026 general election · November 3, 2026
| Contest | County | Seats | Filed | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham County Board of Commissioners District 03 Partisan Uncontested | Chatham | 1 | 1 | Michael R. (Mike) Roberson (Democratic) |
| Chatham County Board of Commissioners District 04 Partisan | Chatham | 1 | 2 | John M. Crowell (Republican), Katie Kenlan (Democratic) |
| Chatham County Board of Commissioners District 05 Partisan | Chatham | 1 | 2 | Franklin Gomez Flores (Democratic), Steve Ganley (Republican) |
| Chatham County Board of Education District 03 | Chatham | 1 | 3 | Adele Sommerville, Michelle L. May, Sarah D'Amato |
| Chatham County Board of Education District 04 Uncontested | Chatham | 1 | 1 | Jane Allen Wilson |
| Chatham County Board of Education District 05 Uncontested | Chatham | 1 | 1 | Diana Hales |
| Chatham County Clerk of Superior Court Partisan Uncontested | Chatham | 1 | 1 | Dana M. Hackney (Democratic) |
| Chatham County Sheriff Partisan | Chatham | 1 | 2 | Marcus A. Globuschutz (Republican), Steve Maynor (Democratic) |
| Chatham Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor Uncontested | Chatham | 2 | 2 | John S. Glosson, Richard Hayes |
| District Attorney District 18 Partisan Uncontested | Chatham | 1 | 1 | Jeff Nieman (Democratic) |
| NC District Court Judge District 18 Seat 01 Partisan Uncontested | Chatham | 1 | 1 | C. Todd Roper (Democratic) |
| NC State Senate District 20 Partisan Uncontested | Chatham | 1 | 1 | Natalie S. Murdock (Democratic) |
| City of Raleigh City Council At-large | Wake | 2 | 4 | Clark Rinehart, Joshua Bradley, Ms. Stormie Denise Forte, Sana Siddiqui |
| City of Raleigh City Council District A | Wake | 1 | 2 | Mitchell Silver, Whitney Hill |
| City of Raleigh City Council District B Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Megan Patton |
| City of Raleigh City Council District C | Wake | 1 | 2 | Corey Branch, Jared S. Ollison |
| City of Raleigh City Council District D | Wake | 1 | 2 | Jane Harrison, Jevon Smith-Cook |
| City of Raleigh City Council District E | Wake | 1 | 2 | Christina Jones, Marc Scruggs |
| City of Raleigh Mayor | Wake | 1 | 2 | Ashleigh Heath Armstrong, Janet Cowell |
| District Attorney District 10 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Wiley Nickel (Democratic) |
| NC District Court Judge District 10a Seat 01 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Rashad A. Hauter (Republican) |
| NC District Court Judge District 10b Seat 01 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | David K. Baker (Democratic) |
| NC District Court Judge District 10d Seat 01 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Margaret Eagles (Democratic) |
| NC District Court Judge District 10d Seat 02 Partisan | Wake | 1 | 2 | Amalia Mercedes Restucha (Democratic), J. Brian Ratledge (Republican) |
| NC District Court Judge District 10d Seat 03 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Kevin Boxberger (Democratic) |
| NC District Court Judge District 10e Seat 01 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Ms. Sam Hamadani (Democratic) |
| NC District Court Judge District 10e Seat 02 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Louis Meyer (Democratic) |
| NC District Court Judge District 10f Seat 01 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Chris Brooks (Democratic) |
| NC State Senate District 13 Partisan | Wake | 1 | 2 | Lisa Grafstein (Democratic), Robert van Brederode (Republican) |
| NC State Senate District 14 Partisan | Wake | 1 | 2 | Angela B. McCarty (Republican), Dan Blue (Democratic) |
| NC State Senate District 15 Partisan | Wake | 1 | 2 | David Bankert (Republican), Jay J. Chaudhuri (Democratic) |
| NC State Senate District 16 Partisan | Wake | 1 | 3 | Gale Adcock (Democratic), Jonathan D. Miller (Libertarian), Philip Hensley (Republican) |
| NC State Senate District 17 Partisan | Wake | 1 | 3 | Mrs. Sydney Batch (Democratic), Patrick J. Bowersox (Libertarian), Shirley Johnson (Republican) |
| NC State Senate District 18 Partisan | Wake | 1 | 3 | Brad Hessel (Libertarian), Chris Stock (Republican), Haseeb Fatmi (Democratic) |
| NC Superior Court Judge District 10b Seat 01 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Vince Rozier, Jr. (Democratic) |
| NC Superior Court Judge District 10d Seat 01 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Keith Gregory (Democratic) |
| Wake County Board of Commissioners At-large Partisan | Wake | 2 | 4 | Christine Kushner (Democratic), Gary Dale Hartong (Republican), Kyle Stogoski (Republican), Mona Singh (Democratic) |
| Wake County Board of Commissioners District 01 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Don Mial (Democratic) |
| Wake County Board of Commissioners District 02 Partisan | Wake | 1 | 2 | John B. Adcock (Republican), Safiyah Jackson (Democratic) |
| Wake County Board of Commissioners District 03 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Cheryl F. Stallings (Democratic) |
| Wake County Board of Commissioners District 07 Partisan Uncontested | Wake | 1 | 1 | Vickie Adamson (Democratic) |
| Wake County Board of Education District 01 | Wake | 1 | 3 | Bonnie Greaves, Jasmine Zavala, Sebrina Pierce |
| Wake County Board of Education District 02 | Wake | 1 | 2 | Ann Schubarg, Christina A. Gordon |
| Wake County Board of Education District 07 | Wake | 1 | 3 | Amita Gupta, Jacob Arthur, Maddie Segal |
| Wake County Board of Education District 09 | Wake | 1 | 3 | Brian Olson, Cheryl Alexis, Tyler Swanson |
| Wake County Clerk of Superior Court Partisan | Wake | 1 | 2 | Claudia C. Croom (Democratic), Joe E. Teague, Jr. (Republican) |
| Wake County Sheriff Partisan | Wake | 1 | 2 | Kenny Blackwell (Republican), Willie Rowe (Democratic) |
| Wake Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor | Wake | 2 | 6 | Beth Pugh Farrell, Brian K. Lewis, Cece Grant, Jim White, Samantha Krop, Terence Thomas |