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Durham County, NC

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

18 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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U.S. House, North Carolina District 4
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Valerie P. Foushee portrait
VP
Valerie P. Foushee
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Foushee worked as an administrative officer with the Chapel Hill Police Department for 21 years before serving in the North Carolina House and Senate and on the Orange County Board of Commissioners, per the campaign site. She holds a degree in political science from UNC-Chapel Hill, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Support science, space and technology research
  • Invest in transportation and infrastructure
  • Support education and civil rights
Per the campaign site.
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
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Mahesh 'Max' Ganorkar
REP
Biography
Ganorkar holds an MBA in international finance and operates a family-owned construction business, per the campaign site. He previously led a Tea Party group focused on educating Americans about socialism, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Expand school choice through vouchers
  • Reduce housing costs through deregulation
  • Support lower taxes and limited government spending
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
GM
Guy Meilleur
Biography
Guy Meilleur is a master arborist, per press coverage of the race. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
North Carolina fields are from the State Board of Elections' certified general candidate list. NC redrew its congressional map in October 2025, so district boundaries differ from 2024 in the east; enter your street address with the official lookup to confirm your district.
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
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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 ▾
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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 ▾
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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
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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.
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Court of Appeals Judge, Seat 02
2 candidates
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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.
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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 Durham County

ZIP 27705 sits in Durham County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Durham County races (17).

Durham County District Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
SD
Satana Deberry
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Satana Deberry has been Durham County's district attorney since January 2019, per the Conference of District Attorneys' official district page. She previously worked as a defense attorney, as general counsel to the NC Department of Health and Human Services, and as executive director of the NC Housing Coalition, per Indy Week and WRAL. She holds a Princeton BA and Duke JD and MBA. 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
Incumbent Satana Deberry won the March 3 Democratic contest with 61.1 percent and is unopposed in November, per the State Board of Elections certified list and results archive. Prosecutorial District 16 covers Durham County alone. Durham's five county commissioners were all elected in 2024 to concurrent four-year terms, so no commission seats are on the 2026 ballot.
Durham County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
CF
Clarence F. Birkhead
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Clarence F. Birkhead has been Durham County's sheriff since December 2018 and is seeking a third term, per the sheriff's office official biography. He has more than 40 years in law enforcement, including service as Duke University police chief and Hillsborough police chief.
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 Clarence Birkhead won the March 3 Democratic contest with 85.7 percent and is unopposed in November, per the State Board of Elections certified list and results archive.
Durham County Clerk of Superior Court
1 candidate
County ▾
AT
Aminah Thompson
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Thompson currently serves as Clerk of Superior Court in Durham County after previously serving as a magistrate judge, per the campaign site. Thompson has implemented court modernization initiatives including eCourts technology and developed plain-language court forms and resources, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • eCourts modernization and transparency
  • Public guardian and public administrator protections
  • Plain-language access to justice
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
Incumbent Aminah Thompson won the March 3 Democratic contest with 87 percent and is unopposed in November, per the State Board of Elections certified list and results archive.
North Carolina District Court Judge, District 16, Seat 1
1 candidate
County ▾
DH
Dave Hall
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Dave Hall is a sitting District Court Judge for District 16, Seat 1, in Durham County, seeking re-election in the 2026 general election, per the North Carolina Judicial Branch.
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
Dave Hall (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 16, Seat 1. Voters across Durham 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 16, Seat 2
1 candidate
County ▾
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Doretta L. Walker
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Doretta L. Walker serves as a District Court judge in Durham County, per the North Carolina Judicial Branch directory. 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
Doretta L. Walker (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 16, Seat 2. Voters across Durham 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 16, Seat 3
1 candidate
County ▾
KE
Kevin E. Jones
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Kevin E. Jones currently serves as a Durham County District Court Judge, first elected in 2018 and now serving his second term, per the North Carolina Judicial Branch directory. Jones is a Vanderbilt University graduate who came to North Carolina through Teach for America in 1997 before earning his law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law, working as an Assistant Public Defender and later opening his own law office. His prior campaign domain no longer resolves, so it is not linked. 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
Kevin E. Jones (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 16, Seat 3. Voters across Durham 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 16, Seat 4
1 candidate
County ▾
DH
Dorothy Hairston Mitchell
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Dorothy Hairston Mitchell is a District Court Judge for District 16, Seat 4, in Durham County, appointed by Governor Roy Cooper in December 2021, filling the seat formerly held by Judge Brian Wilks. She earned her B.A. and J.D. from North Carolina Central University and serves as a Clinical Associate Professor at the North Carolina Central University School of Law and Legal Director at the Center for Child & Family Health, having previously worked as an Assistant Public Defender in Durham County, per the North Carolina Governor's office. 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
Dorothy Hairston Mitchell (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 16, Seat 4. Voters across Durham 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 16, Seat 5
1 candidate
County ▾
CA
Christy A. Hamilton Malott
DEM
Biography
Christy A. Hamilton Malott works as a Guardian ad Litem Attorney Advocate with the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, per the North Carolina Judicial Branch directory, and is a candidate for Durham District Court Judge. Malott earned degrees from Guilford College, Duke University and North Carolina Central School of Law and has twenty years of legal experience, including service on the Durham County Bar Association board, per her 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
Christy A. Hamilton Malott (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 16, Seat 5. Voters across Durham 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 16, Seat 6
1 candidate
County ▾
AL
Amanda L. Maris
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Amanda L. Maris is a Durham County District Court Judge, first appointed by Governor Roy Cooper in July 2017 and retained by voters in 2018 and 2022, per her campaign site. Maris has focused her work on issues affecting youth and families in the court system and is seeking re-election in 2026.
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
Amanda L. Maris (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 16, Seat 6. Voters across Durham 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).

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