Wayne Cockrell
Libertarian · North Carolina · 2026- Reduce regulation and licensing restrictions on small businesses
- Expand parental choice in education
- Expand health-care provider options and consumer choice
Per the campaign site.
Cockrell is a retired engineer whose career spanned industrial power distribution, industrial automation and cybersecurity, including protecting industrial infrastructure at GSK, per the campaign site. Cockrell earned an electrical engineering degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a master's degree in control systems engineering from Oklahoma State University, per the campaign site. Cockrell served in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear submarine officer and has lived in Wake County for twenty years, per the campaign site.
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