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Mecklenburg County, NC

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

23 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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U.S. House, North Carolina District 12
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Alma S. Adams portrait
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Alma S. Adams
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Adams is a retired educator with a doctorate who represents North Carolina's 12th District in Congress, per the campaign site. She co-founded the Black Maternal Health Caucus and has sponsored legislation supporting minority-serving institutions, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Support a woman's right to choose and paid family leave
  • Support public schools, teachers and HBCUs
  • Expand Medicaid and close healthcare disparities
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
JC
Jack Codiga
REP
Biography
Jack Codiga is a financial professional running for U.S. House in North Carolina's 12th District, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Addressing the root causes of rising housing and living costs rather than subsidies, per the campaign site
  • Eliminating PAC funding and members' individual stock trading, and holding regular town halls, per the campaign site
  • A more limited role for government in markets, per WSOC-TV "The Political Beat"
Campaign siteFull 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
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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
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
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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.
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 Mecklenburg County

ZIP 28202 sits in Mecklenburg County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Mecklenburg County races (42).

Mecklenburg County District Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
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Spencer Merriweather
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Merriweather has served as District Attorney for Mecklenburg County since 2017, per the campaign site. Merriweather has established a trauma-informed team for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors and shifted office resources toward violent crime prosecution, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Focusing on violent crime and homicide prosecution
  • Ensuring justice is accessible for all community members
  • Expanding substance use disorder treatment and recovery programs
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 Spencer Merriweather is the only certified candidate for Prosecutorial District 26, which covers Mecklenburg County alone; unopposed candidates print on North Carolina's November 3 ballot. From the State Board of Elections certified candidate list.
Mecklenburg County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
GL
Garry L. McFadden
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
McFadden has served as Sheriff of Mecklenburg County since being elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Leading with honesty, courage and loyalty
  • Building a safer, stronger and more united Mecklenburg County
  • Communicating with the public with transparency
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 Garry McFadden won the four-way March 3 Democratic contest with 33.7 percent, above the state's 30 percent threshold, so no second primary was held; he is unopposed in November, per the State Board of Elections certified list and results archive.
Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court
1 candidate
County ▾
EC
Elisa Chinn Gary
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Elisa Chinn Gary has been Mecklenburg County's clerk of superior court since 2014, following 13 years as Juvenile and Family Court administrator for the 26th Judicial District, per the state courts' judicial directory.
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 Elisa Chinn Gary is the only certified candidate; unopposed candidates print on North Carolina's November 3 ballot. From the State Board of Elections certified candidate list.
Mecklenburg Board of Commissioners At-Large
3 candidates
County ▾
LA
Leigh Altman
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Leigh Altman is a sitting at-large commissioner and board vice chair, serving since 2020, per the county's official commission roster. She is an attorney who previously served as lead attorney in the Georgia Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs and as a Council for Children's Rights staff attorney, per her official county biography.
Campaign siteFull profile
AG
Arthur Griffin, Jr.
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Arthur Griffin, Jr. is a sitting at-large commissioner, serving since 2022, per the county's official commission roster. He is a retired McGraw-Hill Education senior vice president, served 17 years on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board including as chairman, and is a retired Army lieutenant colonel, per his official county biography.
Campaign siteFull profile
YT
Yvette Townsend-Ingram
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Yvette Townsend-Ingram is a sitting at-large commissioner, serving since 2024, per the county's official commission roster. An educator and analyst, she has led HBCU program development at Johnson C. Smith and Livingstone College, per her official county biography.
Top Priorities
  • Fighting food insecurity
  • Mental wellness services
  • Minority and women business enterprise growth
Per the official county biography.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Voters choose three at-large commissioners. The top three from the ten-way March 3 Democratic contest advanced (Altman, Griffin, Townsend-Ingram) and no other party filed, per the State Board of Elections certified list and results archive.
North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 6
1 candidate
County ▾
KY
Kimberly Y. Best
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Kimberly Y. Best was appointed to the District Court for Judicial District 26, serving Mecklenburg County, filling the vacancy created after Judge Tyyawdi Hands retired, per the Governor's Office. Best has worked as a principal at The Best Law Firm, PLLC, and previously served as a judge in both Superior and District Court in District 26, 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
Kimberly Y. Best (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 6. Voters across Mecklenburg 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).
North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 13
1 candidate
County ▾
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Roderick G. Davis
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Roderick G. Davis is a judge for the Mecklenburg County District Court, elected to the bench in 2022 and taking office in January 2023, per his campaign site. Before joining the bench, Davis was in private practice in Mecklenburg County for over 17 years, focusing on state and federal criminal defense, civil litigation and business law, and he currently serves as the DWI STEP Court judge.
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
Roderick G. Davis (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 13. Voters across Mecklenburg 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 26, Seat 14
1 candidate
County ▾
AM
Alyssa M. Levine
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Alyssa M. Levine is a sitting District Court Judge for District 26, Mecklenburg County, per the North Carolina Judicial Branch's 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
Alyssa M. Levine (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 14. Voters across Mecklenburg 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 26, Seat 15
1 candidate
County ▾
JL
Jennifer L. Fleet
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Jennifer L. Fleet has served Mecklenburg County as a District Court Judge for three years, presiding over civil, criminal and domestic violence courts, per her campaign site. She currently serves as Lead Judge for Mecklenburg's District Civil Division and became a member of the North Carolina State Bar in 2014, having practiced as a family law litigator before her election, per the same source.
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
Jennifer L. Fleet (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 15. Voters across Mecklenburg 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 26, Seat 16
1 candidate
County ▾
MN
Matt Newton
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Matt Newton is a District Court Judge in Mecklenburg County who is running for a second term, per his campaign site. He previously served two terms on City Council and brings over fifteen years of trial court experience to the bench.
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
Matt Newton (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 16. Voters across Mecklenburg 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 26, Seat 17
1 candidate
County ▾
PM
Paige McThenia
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Paige McThenia is a District Court Judge for District 26, Seat 17, in Mecklenburg County, appointed to the bench by Governor Mike Easley in March 2008 and re-elected in November 2022, per North Carolina Digital Collections. She earned a B.A. from Evergreen State College in 1989 and a J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2000, and worked as an assistant district attorney in Mecklenburg County from 2004 to 2008, 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
Paige McThenia (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 17. Voters across Mecklenburg 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 26, Seat 18
1 candidate
County ▾
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Habekah Cannon
DEM
Biography
Habekah Cannon is the Democratic nominee and unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 18, per the North Carolina State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 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
Habekah Cannon (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 18. Voters across Mecklenburg 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 26, Seat 19
1 candidate
County ▾
SC
Samantha C. Mobley
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Samantha C. Mobley has served Mecklenburg County as a district court judge since being elected in 2022, per her campaign site. She previously served as a magistrate judge in Mecklenburg County for nine years, and graduated cum laude from Ursuline College before attending the Charlotte School of Law, per the same source.
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
Samantha C. Mobley (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 19. Voters across Mecklenburg 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 26, Seat 20
1 candidate
County ▾
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Karen D. McCallum
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Karen D. McCallum currently serves as a District Court Judge in Mecklenburg 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
Karen D. McCallum (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 20. Voters across Mecklenburg 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 26, Seat 21
1 candidate
County ▾
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Rhonda L. Patterson-Wrighten
DEM
Biography
Rhonda L. Patterson-Wrighten is a District Court Judge for District 26, Seat 21, in Mecklenburg County, appointed in 2022 by Governor Roy Cooper to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Rickye McKoy-Mitchell, per rrspin.com. She was previously the managing attorney at The Patterson Law Office and earlier an adjunct instructor at Johnson C. Smith University's Metropolitan College and an associate at K&L Gates, and she received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, per the same source.
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
Rhonda L. Patterson-Wrighten (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 26, Seat 21. Voters across Mecklenburg 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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