Meet the candidates who want to represent Wake County in the 2024 elections
Seats are open in local races, including the Wake County Board of Commissioners, and state races like the North Carolina State Senate and North Carolina State House of Representatives.
Filing for the 2024 elections is officially underway and will continue until noon Dec. 15.
When is election day? The general election is Nov. 5 and the primary is March 5.
What about Raleigh? The school board? Filing for these nonpartisan races doesn’t begin until July 5. That includes the eight seats on the Raleigh City Council, including the mayoral seat, and five seats on the Wake County Board of Education.
Below are people who have filed to run for office.
If you’re a candidate who has a campaign website but do not see it listed next to your name, please email reporter Anna Johnson at ajohnson@newsobserver.com.
Wake County Board of Commissioners
District 4:
- Susan Evans, incumbent, Democrat, facebook.com/susanevansforwake
District 5:
This seat is currently vacant after the death of former Wake County Commissioner James West on Nov. 18. The Wake County Democrats selected Tara Waters to fill the vacant seat but a vote by the Board of Commissioners is still needed.
- Tara Waters, Democrat, waters4wake.com
- DaQuanta Copeland, Democrat,
District 6:
- Jacob Arthur, Republican,
- Darren Eustance, Republican
- Shinica Thomas, incumbent, Democrat, vote4shinica.com,
Register of Deeds
- Tammy Brunner, incumbent, Democrat, tammybrunner.com
NC State Senate
District 13:
- Lisa Grafstein, Democrat, lisagrafstein.com
Scott Lassiter, Republican, votescottlassiter.com
Vicki Harry, Republican, vickiharrync.com
Susan Hogarth, Libertarian,
District 14:
- Terry Passione, Democrat
- Dan Blue, Democrat, incumbent, danblueforsenate.org
- Sammie Brooks, Libertarian, brooks.wakeupliberty.org
- Angela McCarty, Republican,
District 15:
- Jay Chaudhuri, Democrat, incumbent, jayfornc.com
- Kat McDonald, Libertarian, katmcdonaldfornc.org
- David Blankert, Republican,
District 16:
- Gale Adcock, Democrat, incumbent galeadcock.com
District 17:
- Sydney Batch, Democrat, incumbent, sydneybatch.com
- Patrick Bowersox, Libertarian, bowersoxforfreedom.org
District 18:
- Ashlee Bryan Adams, Republican,
- Terrance Everitt, Democrat
- Brad Hessel, Libertarian
NC House of Representatives
District 11
- Allison Dahle, Democrat, incumbent, allisonforhouse.com
- Philip Hensley, Republican,
- Matthew Kordon, Libertarian,
District 21
- Ya Liu, Democrat, incumbent, yaliu4nc.com
- Mary Miskimon, Republican,
District 33
- Monika Johnson-Hostler, Democrat,
- Antoine Marshall, Democrat,
- Chris Costello, Libertarian,
- Debra Dunston, Democrat,
District 34
- Tim Longest, Democrat, incumbent, timfornc.com
- Ed George, Libertarian,
District 35
- Mike Schietzelt, Republican, mikeschietzelt.com
- Evonne S. Hopkins, Democrat,
- Michael Oakes, Libertarian,
- James Norman, Republican,
District 36
- Julie von Haefen, Democrat, incumbent, juliefornc.com
- Becki Allen, Republican,
- Travis Groo, Libertarian
District 37
- Erin Pare, Republican, incumbent, reperinpare.com
- Safiyah Jackson, Democrat,
- Christopher Robinson, Libertarian,
District 38
- Abe Jones, Democrat, incumbent, abejonesfornchouse.com
District 39
- James Roberson, Democrat, incumbent, robersonforhouse.com
District 40
- Joe John, Democrat, incumbent,
- Mike Munger, Libertarian,
- Jerry Doliner, Republican,
District 41
- Maria Cervania, Democrat, incumbent, mariafornc.com
- Matthew Laszacs, Libertarian,
District 49
- Cynthia Ball, Democrat, incumbent, cynthiafornc.com
District 66
- Sarah Crawford, Democrat, incumbent, sarahfornc.com
- Phillip Lin, Republican,
- Michael Nelson, Libertarian,
Superior Court Judge
District 10C Seat 1:
- Becky Holt, Republican, incumbent, beckyholtforjudge.org
- Sean Cole, Democrat,
District 10F Seat 1:
- Graham Shirley, Republican, incumbent,
- Jennifer Bedford, Democrat,
District Court Judge
District 10A Seat 2:
- Vartan (Woofer) Davidian III, Republican, incumbent,
District 10A Seat 3
- Cindy Kenney, Democrat, incumbent,
- Douglas Brown, Democrat, douglasbrownforjudge.com
District 10B Seat 2
- Ashleigh Parker, Democrat, incumbent, judgeashleigh.com
District 10B Seat 3
- Julie Bell, Democrat, incumbent,
District 10C Seat 1
- Mark Stevens, Democrat, markstevensforjudge.com
District 10C Seat 2
- Christine Walczyk, Democrat, incumbent,
District 10C Seat 3
- Anna Elena Worley, Democrat, incumbent,
- Renee Jordan, Democrat,
District 10D Seat 4
- Rhonda Graham Young, Democrat, rhondagrahamyoungforjudge.com
District 10D Seat 5
- Kevin Boxberger, Democrat,
District 10E Seat 3
- Eric Craig Chasse, Democrat, incumbent,
- Crystal Grimes, Democrat,
District 10F Seat 2
- Damion McCullers, Democrat
District 10F Seat 3
- Jim Black, Democrat, incumbent
This story was originally published December 6, 2023 at 7:45 AM.
