General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 · Local and district races
Source: N.C. State Board of Elections, 2026 general election candidate list grouped by contest (all counties; report run Oct 13, 2026) (accessed Oct 19, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at N.C. Voter Search (State Board of Elections; shows your sample ballot).
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| County offices | |
| Craven County Board of Commissioners District 1 | Joshua D. Whitford (R) vs. Jeffrey O'Neill (G) |
| Craven County Board of Commissioners District 2 | Jason R. Jones (R) vs. Gregory Holmes (D) |
| Craven County Board of Commissioners District 5 | Theron McCabe (D) vs. Shevel (Sherry) Hunt (R) |
| Craven County Sheriff | Mickey Tillman (D) vs. Chip Hughes (R) |
| Schools, colleges & special districts | |
| Craven County Board of Education District 4 | Jennifer Dacey (R) vs. Cleopatra Hargett-Lawton (D) |
| First Craven Sanitary District Board Member Vote for 2 | Tommy Dunn, Greg Holt, Ray Gaskins, Jr. |
| City & town offices | |
| Town of Bridgeton Mayor | Bill Slack vs. Robert Toler |
| Town of Bridgeton Commissioner Vote for 4 | Randy Alexander, John Helms, Paul Marc Tremblay, Keith Lee Tyndall, Cynthia A. Williams |
| Town of Dover Mayor | Theodore Bright vs. Randy Mitchell vs. John Percy Wetherington |
| Town of Dover Board of Commissioners Vote for 5 | Gerald Baldwin, Michael Bryant, James Gibson, Danny Moore, Michael Schauer, Seth (Bert) Staten |
| City of Havelock Mayor | Tyrone Cantey vs. Mark P. Larkin |
| City of Havelock Commissioner Vote for 2 | Prudencio (Ira) Irizarry, Clinton Jones, Karen Lewis, Bear McGillem, Diane Menger, Carly Rios, Timothy Thierry |
| Town of River Bend Council Member Vote for 3 | Lisa Benton, Buddy Sheffield, Victoria Stuppy, Jeffrey Weaver |
| Town of Trent Woods Commissioner Vote for 3 | Jeff Cullipher, Gene Foster, Billy Joiner, Shane Turney |
Also on every Craven County ballot: U.S. Senate, your U.S. House district, the N.C. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals seats, your N.C. Senate and House districts and any statewide referendums.
Party labels as listed by the State Board of Elections (D = Democratic, R = Republican, L = Libertarian, G = Green, U = unaffiliated, petition candidate). Judicial, district attorney and clerk of court races are partisan in North Carolina; school board, soil and water and most municipal races are nonpartisan unless a label is shown.
District court, superior court, district attorney, school board, soil and water and city races depend on where you live in the county; "Vote for N" is from the board's candidate file. U.S. Senate, U.S. House, the N.C. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and the General Assembly are on the state page.
Your exact ballot: N.C. Voter Search (State Board of Elections; shows your sample ballot).
One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).
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