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Iredell 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 28115 spans District 10 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
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
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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
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 Iredell County

ZIP 28115 sits in Iredell County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Iredell County races (17).

Iredell County Board of Commissioners
5 candidates
County ▾
BC
Bert Connolly
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Bert Connolly serves as Chairman of the Iredell County Board of Commissioners, per the board's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
SB
Scottie Brown
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Scottie Brown serves on the Iredell County Board of Commissioners, per the board's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
BG
Brent Goddard
REP
Biography
Brent Goddard has more than 40 years of strategic planning experience and holds two master's degrees, per Iredell Free News. He has cited gaps in experience and knowledge on the current Board of Commissioners as his motivation for running. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Brent Goddard.
Full profile
TC
Terence Clark
DEM
Biography
Terence Clark is a candidate for the Iredell County Board of Commissioners. No campaign website was found as of September 28, 2026.
Full profile
AB
Amanda Brown Kotis
DEM
Biography
Amanda Brown Kotis is a candidate for the Iredell County Board of Commissioners. No campaign website was found as of September 28, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Three at-large seats are up in 2026 (top two finishers get four-year terms, third-place finisher gets a two-year term). Six Republicans ran in the March 3, 2026 primary; incumbents Scottie Brown and Bert Connolly and newcomer Brent Goddard won the three Republican nominations, per Iredell Free News and Candidate_Listing_2026.csv. They face Democrats Terence Clark and Amanda Brown Kotis, who were unopposed for their party's nomination, in the November 3, 2026 general election for the three seats.
Iredell County Clerk of Superior Court
1 candidate
County ▾
JM
Jim Mixson
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Jim Mixson serves as Clerk of Superior Court for Iredell County, per the NC Judicial 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
Incumbent Jim Mixson finished ahead of challenger H. William Compton Jr. in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary, per Iredell Free News reporting, and no other candidate filed, so Mixson is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per Candidate_Listing_2026.csv.
Iredell County Register of Deeds
1 candidate
County ▾
RL
Renee L. Holland
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Renee L. Holland serves as Iredell County's Register of Deeds, per the office's own staff listing. 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
Renee L. Holland (Republican) filed and no other candidate filed, so she is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per Candidate_Listing_2026.csv. NOTE: this build brief's default assumption is that register of deeds is not on any 2026 North Carolina county ballot, but the certified NCSBE filing list confirms this office is up in Iredell County this cycle (one of 24 counties statewide with a register-of-deeds contest in 2026, per Candidate_Listing_2026.csv), so it is included here.
Iredell County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
DE
Darren E. Campbell
REP
Biography
Darren Campbell serves as Iredell County Sheriff, per the Sheriff's Office's own command staff listing. 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
Darren E. Campbell (Republican) filed and no other candidate filed, so he is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per Candidate_Listing_2026.csv and Iredell Free News.
Iredell Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor
3 candidates
County ▾
DF
Dave Fago
Biography
Dave Fago is a candidate for Iredell Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor. No campaign website was found as of September 28, 2026.
Full profile
HW
H. William Compton, Jr.
Biography
Compton describes himself as a retired educator and volunteer who lives in Iredell County, with an associate's degree from Mitchell Community College and a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, per his candidate questionnaire in the Statesville Record & Landmark for the 2026 clerk of superior court primary. The county's certified list gives his name as H. William Compton, Jr. (ballot name; filed under Herman Compton). No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.
Full profile
CB
Cierra Bradford
INCUMBENT
Biography
Cierra Bradford serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Iredell Soil and Water Conservation District's Board of Supervisors, per the district's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Two of the district's elected seats are up in 2026 (nonpartisan). Three candidates filed: current supervisor Cierra Bradford, and challengers Dave Fago and H. William Compton Jr. (who also ran in the 2026 Republican primary for Clerk of Superior Court), per Candidate_Listing_2026.csv and the county's official SWCD Board of Supervisors page. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Town of Harmony Town Council
1 candidate
County ▾
J(
Jack (Junior) Shoemaker
Biography
Jack Shoemaker is a candidate for Harmony Town Council. No campaign website was found as of September 28, 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
Two seats are up; one candidate, Jack (Junior) Shoemaker, filed, per Candidate_Listing_2026.csv. Effort capped per the build brief for this uncontested small-town race; only the official candidate filing was consulted, no dedicated web search was run. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Town of Love Valley Commissioner
3 candidates
County ▾
KG
Kenny Godwin
Biography
Kenny Godwin is a candidate for Love Valley Commissioner. No campaign website was found as of September 28, 2026.
Full profile
LK
Larry Keith
Biography
Larry Keith is a candidate for Love Valley Commissioner. No campaign website was found as of September 28, 2026.
Full profile
LR
Liz Ruddy
Biography
Liz Ruddy is a candidate for Love Valley Commissioner. No campaign website was found as of September 28, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Three seats are up; three candidates filed and are unopposed: Kenny Godwin, Larry Keith and Liz Ruddy, per Candidate_Listing_2026.csv. Effort capped per the build brief for this uncontested small-town race; only the official candidate filing was consulted, no dedicated web search was run.
North Carolina District Court Judge, District 32, Seat 1
1 candidate
County ▾
CA
Carole A. Hicks
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Carole A. Hicks is a North Carolina District Court judge for Judicial District 32, based in Statesville, first elected to the bench in 2018 and reelected in 2022, per nccourts.gov. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Carole A. Hicks.
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
Carole A. Hicks (Republican) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 32, Seat 1. Voters across Alexander and Iredell counties vote on this seat, per North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 7A. State law limits who may run for this seat to a resident of Iredell County, but every voter in the district still elects it. 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 32, Seat 6
1 candidate
County ▾
MJ
Martin J. Gottholm
REP
Biography
Martin J. Gottholm previously worked as an assistant district attorney and District Court judge before going into private law practice, per Iredell Free News reporting. He is running for a District Court seat that became vacant when Judge Christina Corbett resigned in March 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 28, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Martin J. Gottholm.
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
Martin J. Gottholm (Republican) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 32, Seat 6. Voters across Alexander and Iredell counties 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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