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Robeson 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 28386 spans District 7 and District 9, 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
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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 ▾
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
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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 Robeson County

ZIP 28386 sits in Robeson County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Robeson County races (7).

North Carolina District Court Judge, District 20, Seat 1
2 candidates
County ▾
EC
Ethan Clewis
REP
Biography
Ethan Clewis is the Republican nominee on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 20, Seat 1, per the North Carolina State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
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Krystle Melvin
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Krystle Melvin was appointed as a district court judge in the district covering Robeson County by Governor Roy Cooper in December 2023, per the Governor's Office. Melvin previously served as an assistant district attorney in Robeson County and as a staff attorney at the Cumberland County Department of Social Services, and earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia in 2009, per her campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Ethan Clewis (Republican) and Krystle Melvin (Democratic) meet on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 20, Seat 1. Voters across Robeson 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 20, Seat 2
1 candidate
County ▾
LB
Leah Britt Lanier
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Leah Britt Lanier currently serves as a District Court Judge for Robeson County, elected to the bench in 2022, per the North Carolina Judicial Branch directory. A native of Lumberton, Lanier earned her undergraduate degree from Campbell University and her law degree from Elon University School of Law in 2017. She oversees the Recovery Court of Robeson County, which includes DWI, adult drug and family drug treatment courts. 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
Leah Britt Lanier (Republican) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 20, Seat 2. Voters across Robeson 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 20, Seat 3
1 candidate
County ▾
AC
Angelica Chavis McIntyre
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Angelica Chavis McIntyre is the Chief District Court Judge for Robeson County, elected to the district court bench in November 2018 and appointed chief district court judge by the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2021, per the North Carolina Judicial Branch. A native of Pembroke and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, she earned her law degree from Campbell University and began her legal career as a Robeson County assistant district attorney in 2013. She presides over juvenile delinquency cases and serves on the Robeson County Domestic Violence Task Force and the Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, per Campbell University. 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
Angelica Chavis McIntyre (Democratic) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 20, Seat 3. Voters across Robeson 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 20, Seat 4
2 candidates
County ▾
MS
Mark Simeon Brooks
REP
Biography
Mark Simeon Brooks is the Republican nominee on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 20, Seat 4, per the North Carolina State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
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Graham Gurnee
DEM
Biography
Graham Gurnee is a board certified specialist in state criminal law who returned to North Carolina in 2019 to work in the District Attorney's Office in Robeson County, per the North Carolina State Bar. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Mark Simeon Brooks (Republican) and Graham Gurnee (Democratic) meet on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 20, Seat 4. Voters across Robeson 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).

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