Election 2018: Who has filed to run for office in North Carolina?
Candidates listed below have filed with North Carolina to run for office.
The filing period ended Feb. 28. The primaries will be held May 8.
All 13 U.S. representatives from the state have filed for re-election, and all of them have at least one opponent. Neither of the state’s two U.S. senators are up for re-election in 2018.
State legislative races are unusually competitive. Democrats filed to run in all 170 state House and state Senate districts. Republicans filed in all but one of those districts, and said a GOP-supported candidate would run there.
This list comes from data provided by the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement.
Congressional District 1
Incumbent: G.K. Butterfield, Democrat
Challenger: Roger W. Allison, Republican
Congressional District 2
Incumbent: George Holding, Republican
Challengers: Allen Chesser, Republican
Linda Coleman, Democrat
Jeff Matemu, Libertarian
Wendy Ella May, Democrat
Ken Romley, Democrat
Congressional District 3
Incumbent: Walter Jones, Republican
Challengers: Scott Dacey, Republican
Phil Law, Republican
Congressional District 4
Incumbent: David Price, Democrat
Challengers: Michelle Laws, Democrat
Babara Howe, Libertarian
Steve A. (Von) Loor, Republican
Richard L. Watkins, Democrat
Scerry Perry Whitlock, Libertarian
Congressional District 5
Incumbent: Virginia Foxx, Republican
Challengers: DD Adams, Democrat
Dillon Gentry, Republican
Jenny Marshall, Democrat
Cortland J. Meader Jr., Republican
Congressional District 6
Incumbent: Mark Walker, Republican
Challengers: Ryan Watts, Democrat
Gerald Wong, Democrat
Congressional District 7
Incumbent: David Rouzer, Republican
Challengers: Kyle Horton, Democrat
Grayson Parker, Democrat
Congressional District 8
Incumbent: Richard Hudson, Republican
Challengers: Scott Huffman, Democrat
Frank McNeill, Democrat
Marc Tiegel, Democrat
Congressional District 9
Incumbent: Robert Pittenger, Republican
Challengers: Christian Cano, Democrat
Clarence W. Goins, Jr., Republican
Mark Harris, Republican
Dan McCready, Democrat
Jeff Scott, Libertarian
Congressional District 10
Incumbent: Patrick McHenry, Republican
Challengers: David Wilson Brown, Democrat
Gina Collias, Republican
Jeff Gregory, Republican
Ira Roberts, Republican
Albert Lee Wiley Jr., Republican
Seth Blankenship, Republican
Congressional District 11
Incumbent: Mark Meadows, Republican
Challengers: Chuck Archerd, Republican
D. Scott Donaldson, Democrat
Clifton B. Ingram, Jr., Libertarian
Phillip G. Price, Democrat
Steve Woodsmall, Democrat
Congressional District 12
Incumbent: Alma Adams, Democrat
Challengers: Paul Bonham, Republican
Gabe Ortiz, Democrat
Carl Persson, Republican
Patrick Register, Democrat
Paul Wright, Republican
Keith Young, Democrat
Congressional District 13
Incumbent: Ted Budd, Republican
Challengers: Adam Coker, Democrat
Kathy Manning, Democrat
Tom Bailey, Libertarian
Here’s the full list of candidates who filed across North Carolina.
In Wake County, here’s who has filed to run for the legislature:
NC Senate District 14
Incumbent: Dan Blue, Democrat
Challengers: Sandy Andrews, Republican
Richard Haygood, Libertarian
NC Senate District 15
Incumbent: Jay J. Chaudhuri, Democrat
Challengers: Brian Lewis, Libertarian
Alan David Michael, Republican
NC Senate District 16
Challengers: Brian Irving, Libertarian
Wiley Nickel, Democrat
Paul Smith, Republican
Luis Toledo, Democrat
NC Senate District 17
Incumbent: Tamara Barringer, Republican
Challengers: Bruce Basson, Libertarian
Sam Searcy, Democrat
NC Senate District 18
Incumbent: John Alexander, Republican
Challengers: Brad Hessel, Libertarian
Mack Paul, Democrat
NC House District 11
Incumbent: Duane Hall, Democrat
Challengers: Tyler Brooks, Republican
Allison Dahle, Democrat
Travis Groo, Libertarian
Shawn Michael Hamilton, Republican
Heather Metour, Democrat
NC House District 33
Incumbent: Rosa U. Gill, Democrat
Challengers: Shirley E. Hicks, Democrat
Antoine Marshall, Democrat
Anne Murtha, Republican
NC House District 34
Incumbent: Grier Martin, Democrat
Challengers: Cap Hayes, Libertarian
Catherine Whiteford, Republican
NC House District 35
Incumbent: Chris Malone
Challengers: Isaac Burke, Republican
Terence Everitt, Democrat
Michael Nelson, Libertarian
Adam B. Wright, Democrat
NC House District 36
Incumbent: Nelson Dollar, Republican
Challengers: Julie von Haefen, Democrat
Robyn Haley Pegram, Libertarian
NC House District 37
Challengers: John B. Adcock, Republican
Sydney Batch, Democrat
Guy Meilleur, Libertarian
NC House District 38
Incumbent: Yvonne Lewis Holley, Democrat
Challengers: Ken Bagnal, Republican
Bobby Yates Emory, Libertarian
NC House District 39
Incumbent: Darren Jackson, Democrat
Challengers: Rhonda Allen, Republican
Martin Matuszewski, Libertarian
NC House District 40
Incumbent: Joe John, Democrat
Challengers: Marilyn Avila, Republican
David Ulmer, Libertarian
NC House District 41
Incumbent: Gale Adcock, Democrat
Challengers: Liam Leaver, Libertarian
Emmanuel Wilder, Republican
NC House District 49
Incumbent: Cynthia Ball, Democrat
Challengers: Jonathan Horst, Libertarian
David Robertson, Republican
Brian Murphy: 202-383-6089, @MurphinDC
This story was originally published February 13, 2018 at 3:29 PM with the headline "Election 2018: Who has filed to run for office in North Carolina?."