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Pitt County, NC

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

15 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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U.S. House

ZIP 28530 spans District 3 and District 1, 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
SS
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 ▾
T(
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 Pitt County

ZIP 28530 sits in Pitt County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Pitt County races (21).

Pitt County Clerk of Superior Court
1 candidate
County ▾
SB
Sara Beth Fulford Rhodes
DEM
Biography
Sara Beth Fulford Rhodes appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Pitt County Clerk of Superior Court, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Sara Beth Fulford Rhodes.
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
Unopposed. No official county, nccourts.gov or school-district page confirming current officeholder status was reachable this session (nccourts.gov returned HTTP 403 to every fetch attempt).
Pitt County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
PS
Paula S. Dance
DEM
Biography
Paula S. Dance is the sitting Pitt County Sheriff, first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, per the campaign site. Dance says the tenure has focused on community based prevention programs, youth mentorship and modernizing the sheriff's office, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • community based prevention programs and youth mentorship initiatives
  • addressing mental health and substance use disorder crises
  • hiring, retention and professional development for sheriff's office staff
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
Unopposed. Paula S. Dance, sheriff since 2018, is seeking a third term, per the Pitt County Sheriff's Office.
Pitt Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor
5 candidates
County ▾
CA
Carl A. Briley, Jr.
INCUMBENT
Biography
Carl A. Briley, Jr. currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Pitt Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, per Pitt County government. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
MW
Marvion Wilcox
Biography
No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
WS
Walter Steve Sutton
INCUMBENT
Biography
Steve Sutton is the incumbent chairman of the Pitt Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, per the county's official page. He is seeking reelection. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Walter Steve Sutton.
Full profile
RL
Robert Larsen
Biography
No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
RH
Rochelle Hobbs
Biography
No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Nonpartisan; five candidates for two elected seats. Steve Sutton, the board's elected chairman, and Carl A. Briley Jr., a current appointed supervisor, are both presently serving members, per the district's official Pitt County page. Marvion Wilcox, Robert Larsen and Rochelle Hobbs are challengers; no site or press coverage of their candidacies was found after searching. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Village of Simpson Mayor
1 candidate
County ▾
RZ
Rich Zeck
Biography
Rich Zeck appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Village of Simpson Mayor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Rich Zeck.
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
Unopposed. The Village of Simpson's own website does not list current officeholders by name, and no press coverage of this race was found.
Village of Simpson Village Council
3 candidates
County ▾
BG
Brenda Gatlin Hawkins
Biography
Brenda Gatlin Hawkins appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Village of Simpson Village Council, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Brenda Gatlin Hawkins.
Full profile
DT
Dianne Thomas
Biography
Dianne Thomas appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Village of Simpson Village Council, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Dianne Thomas.
Full profile
JV
James Vincent
Biography
James Vincent appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Village of Simpson Village Council, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for James Vincent.
Full profile
About this race
Three seats, three candidates, effectively unopposed. The Village of Simpson's own website does not list current officeholders by name, and no press coverage of this race was found.
North Carolina District Court Judge, District 3, Seat 1
2 candidates
County ▾
DH
Daniel Hines Entzminger
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Entzminger has served as a District Court Judge for judicial district 3 in Pitt County since being elected in 2018, presiding over criminal, family law, domestic violence, juvenile and involuntary commitment matters, per the campaign site. Before taking the bench, Entzminger practiced as a private attorney and owned a small business in Greenville for 15 years, and taught business law at Pitt Community College for 16 years. Entzminger is a graduate of Campbell University and has served on the Pitt County Board of Elections.
Campaign siteFull profile
WM
Watsi M. Sutton
DEM
Biography
Watsi M. Sutton is a Greenville Democrat and the executive director of Koinonia Community Solutions in Winterville, per the Reflector. She has more than 25 years of legal experience as a private attorney, prosecutor and Legal Aid attorney, and holds a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Watsi M. Sutton.
Full profile
About this race
Daniel Hines Entzminger (Republican) and Watsi M. Sutton (Democratic) meet on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 3, Seat 1. Voters across Pitt 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 3, Seat 2
1 candidate
County ▾
LT
Lee Teague
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Lee Teague is a sitting District Court judge in Pitt 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
Lee Teague (Republican) is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 3, Seat 2. Voters across Pitt 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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