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Wake County, NC

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

12 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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U.S. House

ZIP 27615 spans District 2 and District 13, 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
SW
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
SS
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
CC
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 Wake County

ZIP 27615 sits in Wake County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Wake County races (37).

Wake County District Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
Wiley Nickel portrait
WN
Wiley Nickel
DEM
Biography
Nickel is an attorney who previously served as a North Carolina state senator and U.S. congressman, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Protecting voting rights
  • Supporting quality public education
  • Supporting reproductive health care access
Per the campaign site.
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
OPEN SEAT: District Attorney Lorrin Freeman, in office since 2014, is not seeking reelection, per Spectrum News and NC Newsline. Wiley Nickel won the three-way March 3 Democratic contest with 48.9 percent, above the 30 percent threshold, and is unopposed in November, per the State Board of Elections certified list and results archive. Prosecutorial District 10 covers Wake County alone.
Wake County Sheriff
2 candidates
County ▾
WR
Willie Rowe
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Willie Rowe has been Wake County's sheriff since 2022 after a long career in the sheriff's office, per the county's official sheriff's office page.
Campaign siteFull profile
KB
Kenny Blackwell
REP
Biography
Kenny Blackwell is a career law enforcement officer who has served as a Wake County deputy and a U.S. Marshal and is currently a State Capitol Police investigator, per his campaign site and the Wake Weekly.
Top Priorities
  • Faster response times
  • Fentanyl and trafficking enforcement
  • Deputy and detention officer pay plus mental health services
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
From the State Board of Elections certified candidate list.
Wake County Clerk of Superior Court
2 candidates
County ▾
CC
Claudia C. Croom
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Claudia C. Croom was appointed Wake County clerk of superior court in January 2026 after more than 17 years as a Wake civil magistrate and 10 years running her own law practice, per her campaign site. She holds degrees from Duke and NCCU Law.
Top Priorities
  • Court records accuracy and integrity
  • Efficient service
  • Probate and comptroller stewardship
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
JE
Joe E. Teague, Jr.
REP
Biography
Joe E. Teague, Jr. is a licensed professional engineer with an MBA who lives in Raleigh and has followed North Carolina's courts as a private citizen for decades, per his campaign site. This is not his first campaign for Wake County Clerk of Superior Court, per his campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Both candidates are from the State Board of Elections certified list for the November 3 ballot. Claudia Croom was appointed clerk in January 2026 by the senior resident superior court judge to succeed Blair Williams, per her campaign site.
Wake Board of Commissioners At-Large
4 candidates
County ▾
CK
Christine Kushner
DEM
Biography
Kushner has served on the Wake County Board of Education since 2011, including as chair and vice chair, and sits on the county's Health and Human Services Board, per the campaign site. Kushner was appointed to the Southern Regional Education Board by Governor Roy Cooper in 2023, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Health and social services access
  • Housing affordability
  • School funding and the environment
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
MS
Mona Singh
DEM
Biography
Singh is a technology leader with expertise in innovation, data-driven decision making and large-team management, and holds more than 130 U.S. patents, per the campaign site. Singh has lived in Wake County for 30 years and raised children in the local public schools, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Funding public education
  • Responsible technology adoption with privacy protections
  • Data-driven county services
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
GD
Gary Dale Hartong
REP
Biography
Gary Dale Hartong is a professional engineer and president of The Wooten Company, a Raleigh civil and environmental engineering firm, with more than 25 years in water, sewer, and community infrastructure, per his campaign site. He holds engineering degrees from NC State.
Top Priorities
  • Strategic infrastructure
  • Fiscal restraint
  • School facilities and maintenance backlog
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
KS
Kyle Stogoski
REP
Biography
Kyle Stogoski is a community organizer from southwest Raleigh, per Indy Week and the Holly Springs Update. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Expanding homeownership
  • Growing local businesses
  • Protecting open space
Per the INDY Week candidate profile.
Full profile
About this race
NEW SEATS: 2026 completes Wake's move to district elections and adds two at-large seats elected countywide, growing the board from seven to nine members, per the county's official description; no one holds these seats yet. Voters choose two. Kushner and Singh advanced from the seven-way March 3 Democratic contest; no Republican primary was required.

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