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Kenny Blackwell

Republican · North Carolina · 2026

Running for Wake County Sheriff, North Carolina

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Faster response times
  • Fentanyl and trafficking enforcement
  • Deputy and detention officer pay plus mental health services
Biography

Kenny Blackwell is a career law enforcement officer who has served as a Wake County deputy and a U.S. Marshal and is currently a State Capitol Police investigator, per his campaign site and the Wake Weekly.

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