These candidates have filed for statewide or congressional elections with the State Board of Elections. The latest candidates to file are shown in bold, with candidates who filed previously for the same office shown in lighter type.

STATEWIDE

LABOR COMMISSIONER

Ty Richardson, Democrat, Middlesex

Cherie Berry, Republican, Newton*

N.C. COURT OF APPEALS (nonpartisan)

Doug McCullough, Atlantic Beach*

Cheri Beasley, Fayetteville

NOTEWORTHY: The filings in the appellate court race signal that it could become a competitive judicial race. McCullough, a former federal prosecutor and former counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee, is seeking a second eight-year term with the state's second highest court. He will face Beasley, a District Court judge from Fayetteville for the past nine years and a former public defender.

CONGRESSIONAL

U.S. HOUSE

William "B.J." Lawson, Republican, Cary, 4th District

David Price, Democrat, Chapel Hill, 4th District*

Johnny J. Carter, Democrat, Summerfield, 6th District

Teresa Sue Bratton, Democrat, Greensboro, 6th District

Mike McIntyre, Democrat, Lumberton, 7th District*

Ross Overby, Democrat, Marvin, 9th District

Lance Sigmon, Republican, Newton, 10th District

* Incumbent

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