2026 Wake County elections

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2026 Wake County elections
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A general election will be held in Wake County, North Carolina, on November 3, 2026, to elect various county-level officials. Primary elections were held on March 3.

Contents

District Attorney

Incumbent Democratic district attorney Lorrin Freeman retired. [1] Wiley Nickel won the Democratic primary election and faces no opposition in the general election. [2]

Board of Commissioners

At-large (2 seats)

Democratic primary

Candidates
Nominees
Eliminated in primary
Endorsements
Christine Kushner
Newspapers
Jonathan Lambert-Melton
Newspapers
Results
Democratic primary (vote for up to 2) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Christine Kushner 68,562 29.61
Democratic Mona Singh 50,604 21.86
Democratic Jonathan Lambert-Melton41,69518.01
Democratic Kimberly McGhee25,37910.96
Democratic Steve S. Rao25,10810.85
Democratic Robert Mitchener Jr.11,5294.98
Democratic Marguerite Creel8,6353.73
Total votes231,512 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates
Nominees
  • Gary Dale Hartong, engineering firm president [6]
  • Kyle Stogoski [6]

General election

Results
2026 Wake County Board of Commissioners at-large election (vote for up to 2)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Christine Kushner
Democratic Mona Singh
Republican Gary Dale Hartong
Republican Kyle Stogoski
Total votes100.00

Clerk of Superior Court

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Claudia Croom, incumbent clerk of superior court [4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Joe Teague Jr., engineer [4]

General election

Results

2026 Wake County Clerk of Superior Court election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Claudia Croom (incumbent)
Republican Joe Teague Jr.
Total votes100.00

Sheriff

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Willie Rowe, incumbent sheriff [9]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Kenny Blackwell, law enforcement officer [10]

General election

Results

2026 Wake County Sheriff election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Willie Rowe (incumbent)
Republican Kenny Blackwell
Total votes100.00

References

  1. ↑ Eanes, Zachery (May 8, 2025). "Wake County's district attorney won't run for reelection". Axios. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Cloherty, Megam (March 3, 2026). "Wiley Nickel wins Democratic Wake DA primary, will run unopposed in November". WRAL. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Roman, Anna (April 2, 2025). "Former Wake school board member to seek new seat in local government". The News & Observer. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Roman, Anna (December 19, 2025). "Here are the 2026 candidates for Wake County commissioner, sheriff, DA and more". The News & Observer. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Roman, Anna (March 10, 2025). "Why this Raleigh City Council member will not run for re-election". The News & Observer. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Bohl, Chloe Courtney (December 21, 2025). "Who's Running: Wake County Board of Commissioners". INDY Week. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  7. 1 2 "N&O endorsements: Our choices for Wake County Board of Commissioners". The News & Observer. February 18, 2026. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AT-LARGE - DEM (VOTE FOR 2)". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Wake County sheriff seeks his 2nd term, Durham County sheriff plans to run for a 3rd". WRAL. December 4, 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "2026_primary_candidate_list_by_contest.pdf" (PDF). North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
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