3 candidates are tracked for Orange Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Richal Vanhook, W. Chris Hogan and K. Alexander Foreman. Candidate information follows official Orange County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Nonpartisan; two of the district's three elected seats are up in 2026, vote for 2. Incumbents Richal Vanhook and W. Chris Hogan are both seeking re-election against challenger K. Alexander Foreman, per the district's official board page. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
The district gives Orange County landowners and operators technical, financial and educational advice on erosion control and water quality. It offers cost-share help (typically 75 percent) for conservation practices, animal waste and nutrient management plans, stream bank stabilization, urban stormwater controls and the closing of abandoned wells, per the county's district page.
Three of the five board members are elected and two are nominated by the board and appointed by the state Soil and Water Conservation Commission. All positions are nonpartisan, per the county's board page. Voters countywide vote on the elected seats, with no primary, and the two top finishers win four-year terms that begin the first Monday in December, per state law (G.S. 139-6). In 2026 two elected seats and one appointed seat expire, per the North Carolina Division of Soil and Water Conservation. The board meets at 8:30 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each month.
The county's board page lists Richal Vanhook (secretary/treasurer), Gail M. Hughes and William C. (Chris) Hogan as the elected members. Vanhook and Hogan hold the two seats on the 2026 ballot.
Official source: Orange County: Soil and Water Board of Supervisors, North Carolina General Statutes, G.S. 139-6
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Nonpartisan Incumbent
Richal Vanhook serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, an elected seat, per Orange County government. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Nonpartisan Incumbent
Hogan is a farmer from a family that has farmed north and west of Chapel Hill for nine generations, and he is an elected member of the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District board, per the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Business Hall of Fame and the county's board page. The Hall of Fame says his family has served 74 consecutive years on the district board, with his grandfather Henry Hogan before him. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.
Nonpartisan
No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for K. Alexander Foreman.
Who is running for Orange Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor in 2026?
3 candidates are tracked for Orange Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Richal Vanhook, W. Chris Hogan and K. Alexander Foreman. Candidate information follows official Orange County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
When is the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor election in North Carolina?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for North Carolina are on the North Carolina election hub at theballotbrief.com.
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Candidate roster from official Orange County and state election office filings, last verified September 29, 2026. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.
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