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Guilford County, NC

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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U.S. House

ZIP 27282 spans District 9 and District 6, so your U.S. House race depends on your street address. Enter a full address to pin down your district, or browse both fields on the North Carolina hub.

U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
RC
Roy Cooper
DEM
Biography
Roy Cooper is the Democratic nominee for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat, a two-term former governor and four-term former attorney general. His Senate campaign's central theme is making everyday life cost less for North Carolinians, building on a gubernatorial record that included signing Medicaid expansion. The race for retiring Sen. Thom Tillis's seat is rated among the most competitive in the country.
Top Priorities
  • Lower everyday costs for North Carolina families
  • Protect health care access, building on Medicaid expansion
  • Invest in public schools and workforce training
Campaign Finance
$26,822,373 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (49% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (21% of receipts)
Key voting record
Signed North Carolina's Medicaid expansion into law in 2023, extending health coverage to hundreds of thousands of residents after years of advocacy. Supported
Vetoed the legislature' abortion ban in 2023, calling it an attack on reproductive freedom. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
MW
Michael Whatley
REP
Biography
Michael Whatley is the Republican nominee for North Carolina's open U.S. Senate seat, the former chair of the Republican National Committee and previously of the North Carolina GOP. Endorsed by President Trump, his campaign pledges to enact the America First agenda in the Senate, with an emphasis on law and order and rolling back policies like cashless bail.
Top Priorities
  • Enact the Trump administration's America First agenda
  • Restore law and order, including ending cashless bail
  • Secure the border and back law enforcement
Campaign Finance
$8,410,252 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (62% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (23% of receipts)
Campaign siteFull profile
Shannon W. Bray portrait
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Shannon W. Bray
Biography
Shannon W. Bray is a U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1991 to 1997 and now works as a cybersecurity professional and systems architect, according to his campaign site. Bray's background includes work on systems handling sensitive information and critical infrastructure. Bray is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
Top Priorities
  • Opposing expansion of government surveillance and protecting digital privacy rights
  • Government transparency and accountability systems auditable by the public
  • Modernizing government technology systems while maintaining constitutional limits on defense and intelligence oversight
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
MD
Michael Dublin
Biography
Michael Dublin is a public school educator and community activist, according to his campaign site. He filed as the North Carolina Green Party's U.S. Senate candidate on June 15, 2026, per the state Green Party. Dublin is running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina in the November 2026 general election.
Top Priorities
  • Overturning Citizens United and ending gerrymandering
  • A Green New Deal for North Carolina with renewable energy development and union jobs
  • Criminal justice reform, voting rights protection, and expanded access to housing and education
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Supreme Court Associate Justice, Seat 01
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
AE
Anita Earls
DEM
Biography
Earls is an attorney who currently serves as an Associate Justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, per the campaign site. Her campaign focuses on protecting constitutional rights for North Carolinians, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Upholding the state constitution
  • Protecting access to healthcare
  • Defending the right to a sound basic public education and voting rights
Per the NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Sarah Stevens
REP
Biography
Sarah Stevens is an attorney with more than 30 years in private practice and president of the Surry County Bar Association, per her campaign site. She has served as Republican Leader and Speaker Pro Tempore of the North Carolina House, chairing the House Elections Law and Judiciary Committees, and holds a law degree from Campbell University School of Law, per her campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Court of Appeals Judge, Seat 01
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
JS
John S. Arrowood
DEM
Biography
John S. Arrowood is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
MC
Michael C. Byrne
REP
Biography
Michael C. Byrne is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Court of Appeals Judge, Seat 02
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Tobias (Toby) Hampson
DEM
Biography
Tobias (Toby) Hampson is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Keeping judges with Court of Appeals experience on the bench
  • Defending the rule of law
Per the NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide.
Full profile
GC
George Cooper Bell
REP
Biography
George Cooper Bell is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Court of Appeals Judge, Seat 03
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
CM
Christine Marie Walczyk
DEM
Biography
Christine Marie Walczyk is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Protecting individual liberties and equal access to justice
  • Maintaining an independent judiciary
Per the NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide.
Full profile
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Craig Collins
REP
Biography
Craig Collins is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile

Countywide races in Guilford County

ZIP 27282 sits in Guilford County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Guilford County races (22).

Guilford County District Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
AM
Avery Michelle Crump
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Avery Michelle Crump has been Guilford County's district attorney since 2016, after serving as a Guilford District Court judge, nine years as a Guilford assistant district attorney, and earlier as a Bronx County prosecutor, per the Conference of District Attorneys' official district page. She holds degrees from UNC and NCCU Law.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Incumbent Avery Michelle Crump is the only certified candidate for Prosecutorial District 24, which covers Guilford County alone; unopposed candidates print on North Carolina's November 3 ballot.
Guilford County Sheriff
2 candidates
County ▾
DR
Danny Rogers
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Rogers has served as Sheriff of Guilford County since 2018, per the campaign site. Under Rogers's leadership the office has seized more than $158 million in narcotics and established units including a Narcotics Task Force, Street Crimes Unit and Real Time Crime Center, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Reducing violent crime through intelligence-driven policing
  • Mental health and reentry programs
  • Community partnerships and youth programs
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Phil Byrd portrait
PB
Phil Byrd
REP
Biography
Phil Byrd is a retired Guilford County sheriff's captain with a 30-year career commanding personnel and training, school resource officers, and field operations, and was the 2022 nominee for this office, per FOX8 and his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Professional standards
  • Employee morale and retention
  • Unbiased service
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Phil Byrd won the March 3 Republican contest with 68.8 percent, per the state results archive.
Guilford County Clerk of Superior Court
1 candidate
County ▾
DC
David Churchill
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
David Churchill was appointed clerk in May 2025 when Lisa Johnson-Tonkins became a superior court judge, and previously held the office from 1998 to 2014, per Yes Weekly and the High Point Enterprise. He is a former assistant public defender and assistant district attorney with a Wake Forest law degree. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
David Churchill won the March 3 Democratic contest with 59.8 percent and is unopposed in November, per the State Board of Elections certified list and results archive.
Guilford Board of Commissioners At-Large
2 candidates
County ▾
GD
Greg Drumwright
DEM
Biography
Greg Drumwright is senior minister of The Citadel Church in Greensboro, a consultant, and a Guilford Planning Board member, per WUNC. He is a graduate of N.C. A&T with a divinity degree from Wake Forest.
Top Priorities
  • Safe schools and communities
  • Teacher pay
  • Rural healthcare and county mental health support
Per the candidate survey responses.
Campaign siteFull profile
TJ
Tony Jacobelli
REP
Biography
Tony Jacobelli withdrew from the race in August 2026 and the county Republican Party has voted to name a replacement nominee, per the Rhino Times, but he remains on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list as of September 1. He is a retired engineer, per the High Point Enterprise. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
OPEN SEAT: sitting at-large commissioner Kay Cashion is not seeking reelection, per the Rhino Times. Republican Tony Jacobelli withdrew in August 2026 and the county Republican Party voted to name Michael Perdue as a replacement nominee, per the Rhino Times, but the certified state candidate list still prints Jacobelli as of September 1; the certified list governs until the state updates it.
North Carolina District Court Judge, District 24, Seat 1
1 candidate
County ▾
MR
Marc Ross Tyrey
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Marc Ross Tyrey was appointed as a Guilford County District Court judge by Governor Roy Cooper, having begun practicing law in Guilford County in 1998 as an assistant district attorney, per the Greensboro News & Record. Tyrey became the manager of the firm Tyrey Law in 2010, where he worked until his judicial appointment, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Marc Ross Tyrey (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 24, Seat 1. Voters across Guilford County vote on this seat, per North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 7A. North Carolina judicial races have been partisan since the 2018 court reorganization. The field is the State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list (read September 7, 2026).
North Carolina District Court Judge, District 24, Seat 2
1 candidate
County ▾
LL
Larry L. Archie
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Larry L. Archie is a North Carolina Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist practicing in Guilford County, per an archived campaign website. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve with more than 31 years of military service and serves as an adjunct professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, per the same source. No current campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Larry L. Archie (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 24, Seat 2. Voters across Guilford County vote on this seat, per North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 7A. North Carolina judicial races have been partisan since the 2018 court reorganization. The field is the State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list (read September 7, 2026).
North Carolina District Court Judge, District 24, Seat 6
2 candidates
County ▾
MM
Moshera Mills
DEM
Biography
Moshera Mills is the Democratic nominee on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 24, Seat 6, per the North Carolina State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
ER
Erik R. Hamner
REP
Biography
Erik R. Hamner filed as a candidate for NC District Court Judge, District 24, Seat 6, per the North Carolina State Board of Elections candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Moshera Mills (Democratic) and Erik R. Hamner (Republican) meet on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 24, Seat 6. Voters across Guilford County vote on this seat, per North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 7A. This seat covers the remainder of an unexpired term. North Carolina judicial races have been partisan since the 2018 court reorganization. The field is the State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list (read September 7, 2026).

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