Who Is Running for Prosecutor and Sheriff in North Carolina in 2026?

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Below are the candidates who filed to run for district attorney and sheriff by the state’s filing deadline for major party candidates. (This list was published as of January 2026; unaffiliated candidates may still enter at a later point.) The information was obtained from the state board of elections.

Note that four judicial districts—the 12th, 19th, 29th, 32nd, and 37th, which contain Harnett, Lee, Hoke, Moore, Alexander, Iredell, and Randolph counties—do not have DA elections this year; these districts hold their DA races in the presidential cycle (e.g. 2028).

District attorneys

Districts (and the counties they contain)Candidates
District 1

Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans counties
Jeff Cruden (R, inc.)
District 2

Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington counties
Tom Anglim (R, inc.)
District 3

Pitt County
Faris Dixon (D, inc.)
District 4

Carteret, Craven, Pamlico counties
Matt Wareham (R, inc.)
District 5

Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Sampson counties
Ernie Lee (R, inc.)
District 6

New Hanover and Pender counties
Jason W. Smith (R, inc.)
District 7

Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton counties
Kim Gourrier Scott (D, inc.)
District 8

Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson counties
Rena Spellman (D)
Jeffrey A. Marsigli (R, inc.)
District 9

Greene, Lenoir, Wayne counties
Jeff Cannon (R)
Mike Muskus (R, inc.)
District 10

Wake County
Sherita Walton (D)
Melanie Shekita (D)
Wiley Nickel (D)
District 11

Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren counties
Mike Waters (R, inc.)
District 13

Johnston County
Jason Waller (R, inc.)
District 14

Cumberland County
Billy West (D, inc.)
District 15

Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus counties
Jenna Earley (R)
J.K. Somers (R)
District 16

Durham County
Satana Deberry (D, inc.)
Jonathan Wilson (D)
District 17

Alamance County
Scott Wells Drorbaugh (D)
Sean Boone (R, inc.)
District 18

Chatham, Orange counties
Jeff Nieman (D, inc.)
District 19

Catawba County
Adam Everett (R)
D. Scott Reilly (R, inc.)
District 20

Robeson County
Matt Scott (D, inc.)
District 21

Anson, Richmond, Scotland counties
Jamie Adams (D, inc.)
Herman Little (D)
Todd G. Scott (R)
District 22

Caswell, Rockingham counties
Katy L. Gregg (R, inc.)
District 23

Stokes, Surry counties
Quentin E. Harris (R)
District 24

Guilford County
Avery Michelle Crump (D, inc.)
District 25

Cabarrus County
Ashlie Shanley (R, inc.)
District 26

Mecklenburg County
Spencer Merriweather (D, inc.)
District 27

Rowan County
Brandy Cook (R, inc.)
District 28

Montgomery, Stanly counties
T. Lynn Clodfelter (R, inc.)
District 30

Union County
Trey Robison (R, inc.)
District 31

Forsyth County
Jim O’Neill (R, inc.)
Amara M. Hunter (D)
District 33

Davidson, Davie County
Robert S. (Rob) Taylor III (R)
District 34

Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, Yadkin counties
Lee Boone Bollinger (R)
District 35

Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga, Yancey counties
Seth Banks (R, inc.)
District 36

Burke, Caldwell counties
Mitch Walker (R)
District 38

Gaston County
Travis Page (R, inc.)
District 39

Cleveland, Lincoln counties
Mike Miller (R, inc.)
District 40

Buncombe County
Courtney Virginia Booth (D)
Martin Moore (D)
Katie Kurdys (D)
District 41

McDowell, Rutherford counties
Ted Bell (R)
David Norris (R)
District 42

Henderson, Polk, Transylvania County
Andrew Murray (R, inc.)
District 43

Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain counties
Ashley Hornsby Welch (R, inc.)

Sheriffs

CountiesCandidates
AlamanceBilly Clayton (R)
Dana Byrd Pasour (R)
Terry S. Johnson (R, inc.)
AlexanderChad Pennell (R, inc.)
AlleghanyShane Glenn (R)
AnsonGerald Cannon, Sr. (D)
Tim Watkins (D)
Davara Ponds (D)
Scott Howell (I, inc.)
AsheEarl Cox (R)
Brandon Shepherd (R)
B. Phil Howell (R, inc.)
AveryMike Henley (R, inc.)
BeaufortKelly J. Cox (R)
Scott Hammonds (R, inc.)
Corey Dixon (D)
BertieAllen White (D)
Tyrone M. Ruffin (D, inc.)
BladenGary Edwards (D)
Chris Hunt (D)
Carl Yonge (R)
Jim McVicker (R, inc.)
BrunswickTim Daniels (R)
Brian M. Chism (R, inc.)
BuncombeQuentin Miller (D, inc.)
Gary Parris (R)
Vic Morman (R)
BurkeBanks Hinceman (R, inc.)
CabarrusVan Shaw (R, inc.)
CaldwellKevin H. Bean (R, inc.)
CamdenJ. Kevin Jones (R, inc.)
CarteretJohn Nyberg (R)
Shane Guthrie (R)
CaswellTony Durden (D, inc.)
Eric Crisp (R)
CatawbaDon Brown (R, inc.)
Willie Armstrong (R)
J.D. Slape (R)
William Propst (R)
ChathamSteve Maynor (D)
Marcus A. Globuschutz (R)
CherokeeChris Wood (R)
Dustin D. Smith (R, inc..)
Sam May (R)
ChowanKristy L. LaLonde (D)
Edward B. Basnight (R, inc.)
ClayMark Buchanan (R, inc.)
Joe Shook (R)
ClevelandAlan Norman (R, inc.)
ColumbusKen Elliott (R)
Bill Rogers (R, inc.)
Kevin S. Norris (R)
Joshua McPherson (R)
CravenMickey Tillman (D)
Calvin Williams (R)
Chip Hughes (R, inc.)
CumberlandJoe Bailer (D)
Demetrio Perez (D)
Johnathan T. Morgan (D, inc.)
Troy A. McDuffie (D)
LaRue Windham (R)
CurrituckJeffrey Walker (R)
DareJeff Deringer (R)
Teddy Daniels (R)
Rodney Rawls (R)
Jimmy Pierce (R)
DavidsonElizabeth Clodfelter (R)
Richie Simmons (R, inc.)
DavieJ.D. Hartman (R, inc.)
DuplinStratton Stokes (R, inc.)
Eric Southerland (R)
Tony James (R)
DurhamClarence F. Birkhead (D, inc.)
Johnny D. Hawkins (D)
EdgecombeCleveland Atkinson, Jr. (D, inc.)
ForsythBobby F. Kimbrough (D, inc.)
Ernie Leyba (R)
FranklinTim Gupton (D)
Kevin White (R, inc.)
GastonRobbie Waldrop (R)
Chad E. Hawkins (R, inc.)
GatesRay Campbell (R, inc.)
GrahamLeon Allen (R)
Joseph Jones (R)
Terry Grey (R)
Cody George (R)
Reba Louanne
Mitch Millsaps (R)
Jenkins McMahan (D)
Caleb Stiles (R)
GranvilleCharles R. Noblin, Jr. (R)
Ed Newman (R)
John (Johnny) Morris (R)
Robert D. Fountain, Jr. (D, inc.)
GreeneMatt Sasser (D, inc.)
GuilfordPhil Byrd (R)
William (Billy) Queen (R)
Danny Rogers (D, inc.)
HalifaxTyree Davis (D, inc.)
HarnettReggie Watson (D)
Aaron Meredith (R)
HaywoodBill Wilke (R, inc.)
Mark E. Mease (R)
Tyler J. Howell (D)
HendersonLowell Griffin (R, inc.)
HertfordDexter A. Hayes (D, inc.)
HokeRoderick Virgil (D, inc.)
HydeGuire Cahoon, Jr. (D, inc.)
IredellDarren E. Campbell (R, inc.)
JacksonDoug Farmer (R, inc.)
Brandon Elders (R)
JohnstonSteve Bizzell (R, inc.)
Randy Ackley (R)
JonesMatthew J. Wineman (R, inc.)
Nathan Metts (R)
LeeBrian Estes (R, inc.)
LenoirJackie Rogers (R, inc.)
LincolnAnthony Huss (Libertarian)
Bill Beam (R, inc.)
MaconBob Cook (R)
Brent Holbrooks (R, inc.)
MadisonRobin Lyles (R)
Buddy Harwood (D, inc.)
MartinMarvin Hilliard (D)
McdowellJ. S. Calvert (R)
Bryon Crisp (R)
Brent Allen Rumfelt (R)
Nathan Mace (R)
MecklenburgRodney M. Collins (D)
Garry L. McFadden (D, inc.)
Antwain Nance (D)
Ricky Ricardo Robbins (D)
MitchellShane Vance (R)
Cecil Curtis Hobson, Jr. (R)
MontgomeryPeter (Pete) Herron (R, inc.)
MooreRonnie Fields (R, inc.)
NashDavid Brake (D)
Keith Stone (R, inc.)
New HanoverEd McMahon (R, inc.)
NorthamptonJack E. Smith (D, inc.)
OnslowChris Thomas (R, inc.)
OrangeCharles Blackwood (D, inc.)
David LaBarre (D)
PamlicoChris Davis (R, inc.)
PasquotankJuanita (Nina) Daniels (R)
Tommy Wooten (R, inc.)
PenderAlan W. Cutler (R, inc.)
PerquimansShelton Ray White (R, inc.)
PersonDennis Morris Allen (D)
Todd (T.O.) Dunn (R)
Jason (Skeet) Wilborn (R, inc.)
PittPaula S. Dance (D, inc.)
Richie Williams (D)
PolkTim Wright (R, inc.)
Clayton Price (R)
Keith Henderson (R)
RandolphBrian Arrington (R)
Chris (Taco) Toriello (R)
Greg Seabolt (R, inc.
Eric Hicks (R)
RichmondTahid (Ty) Rucker (D)
Mark B. Gulledge (R, inc.)
RobesonBurnis Wilkins (D, inc.)
Dakota Dimery (R)
RockinghamJohn Ferrell, Jr. (D)
Brian Harbour (R)
Franklin Moore (D)
Billy Parker (R)
Darren Wright (R)
RowanTravis Allen (R, inc.)
Jody Burleyson (R)
Carl Dangerfield (R)
Tim Harrington (R)
RutherfordAaron Ellenburg (R, inc.)
Jamie Dunn (R)
Jason Ray Wease (R)
SampsonDonald Earl Edwards (D)
Jimmy Thornton (R, inc.)
Tracy Jackson (R)
ScotlandRoger Alford (D)
Jason L. Butler (R)
Chris Strickland (R)
David Monte (R)
Ronnie Ivey (R)
StanlyJeff Crisco (R, inc.)
StokesSteven Bingman (R)
Joey Lemons (R, inc.)
SurryBrandon Johnson (R)
Steve C. Hiatt (R, inc.)
SwainDouglas (Tank) Anthony (D)
Wayne Dover (R)
Brian E. Kirkland (R, inc.)
David Southards (D)
TransylvaniaChuck Owenby (R, inc.)
TyrrellJoey Elliott (R)
R. Kevin Sawyer (D, inc.)
UnionTerry Boag (R)
Eddie Cathey (R, inc.)
Todd Elmore (R)
VanceCurtis Brame (D, inc.)
Sean Alston, Sr. (D)
Sterlin M. Walker, Jr. (D)
WakeWillie Rowe (D, inc.)
Kenny Blackwell (R)
WarrenJohn A. Branche (D, inc.)
WashingtonWilliam Downing (D)
Arlo Norman (D, inc.)
Mike Patterson (R)
WataugaLen D. Hagaman, Jr. (D, inc.)
Darin Church (R)
WayneLarry Pierce (R, inc.)
Stephen (Stevie) Howell (R)
Ricky Hooks (R)
Reginald (Reggie) Edwards (D)
WilkesJamie Dowell (R)
David Carson (R)
Sharon Call-Diaz (R)
Eric L. Byrd (R)
Chris Shew (R, inc.)
David Gambill (R)
WilsonDavonta Ferguson (D)
Christopher C. (Chris) Boykin (D)
Brandon L. Barbrey (R)
Kevin Travis Raper (R)
Bobby Knight (R)
YadkinNick Smitherman (R, inc.)
Robert Reavis (R)
YanceyShane Hilliard (R, inc.)