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Who is on the ballot in 27962?

Washington County, NC

Reported by The Ballot Brief Editorial Team. Updated as public election and video sources change.

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, North Carolina District 1
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Don Davis portrait
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Don Davis
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Davis was born and raised in Snow Hill in eastern North Carolina, where he worked cropping tobacco as a teenager, per the campaign site. He is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate who served eight years as a commissioned officer, then worked as an educator, a mayor, and a six term state senator before his election to Congress, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Addressing the rising cost of gas, groceries and health care
  • Expanding economic opportunity for the region
  • Ensuring Eastern North Carolina's coastal and rural communities are represented in Washington
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 yes 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. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
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Laurie Buckhout
REP
Biography
Buckhout is a retired U.S. Army colonel and Iraq War veteran who led troops in combat before building a career in business, per the campaign site. She lives in Edenton with her husband, also an Army veteran, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • National security and military experience as a qualification for office
  • Support for working families
  • Job creation
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Tom Bailey
Biography
Tom Bailey appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House, NC-1, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. 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. This district was redrawn for 2026.
U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
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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
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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.
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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
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
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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 Washington County

ZIP 27962 sits in Washington County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Washington County races (5).

North Carolina Superior Court Judge, District 2, Seat 1
2 candidates
County ▾
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Regina Rodgers Parker
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Regina Rodgers Parker was appointed by Governor Josh Stein to the Superior Court for Judicial District 2, covering Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington counties, on May 8, 2026, filling the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Wayland Sermons, per the Governor's office. Parker had served Judicial District 2 since 2001 and as Chief District Court Judge there since 2018. She received her Bachelor of Science from East Carolina University and her Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
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Jerauld Brian Pafford
REP
Biography
Jerauld Brian Pafford is a candidate for Superior Court Judge, District 2, covering Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington counties, per his campaign site. He currently works as a public defender at the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, previously ran a private law firm, and worked as in-house counsel for East Carolina University, per WCTI. He is from Eastern North Carolina and lives in Washington, North Carolina; this is his first run for public office.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Regina Rodgers Parker (Democratic) and Jerauld Brian Pafford (Republican) meet on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina Superior Court Judge, District 2, Seat 1. Voters across Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington counties 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 2, Seat 1
1 candidate
County ▾
DB
Darrell B. Cayton, Jr.
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Darrell B. Cayton, Jr. is a district court judge for the judicial district that presides over Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington counties, first elected to the court in 2010, per WCTI 12 News. 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
Darrell B. Cayton, Jr. (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 2, Seat 1. Voters across Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington counties 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 2, Seat 2
2 candidates
County ▾
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Lloyd Williams
REP
Biography
Lloyd Williams grew up in Hyde County and worked as a commercial fisherman before and during law school, per his campaign site. He studied at UNC-Chapel Hill, Beaufort County Community College and East Carolina University before earning his law degree from Campbell University, and has spent 19 years as an Assistant District Attorney in the Second Prosecutorial District, where he serves as Lead Prosecutor for the Recovery Treatment Court.
Campaign siteFull profile
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D. Cole Phelps
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
D. Cole Phelps grew up in Creswell, Washington County, North Carolina, and earned his law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law, per his campaign website. He was elected to the Washington County Board of Commissioners at age 23 and later served as Chairman, and opened a law practice in Plymouth in 2013, per the same source. In 2025 he was certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a specialist in juvenile delinquency law, per his website.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Lloyd Williams (Republican) and D. Cole Phelps (Democratic) meet on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 2, Seat 2. Voters across Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell and Washington counties 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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