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Wayne Cockrell

Wayne Cockrell

Libertarian · North Carolina · 2026

Running for North Carolina House District 39, North Carolina

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Reduce regulation and licensing restrictions on small businesses
  • Expand parental choice in education
  • Expand health-care provider options and consumer choice
Biography

Cockrell is a retired engineer whose career spanned industrial power distribution, industrial automation and cybersecurity, including protecting industrial infrastructure at GSK, per the campaign site. Cockrell earned an electrical engineering degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a master's degree in control systems engineering from Oklahoma State University, per the campaign site. Cockrell served in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear submarine officer and has lived in Wake County for twenty years, per the campaign site.

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North Carolina House District 39North Carolina · 2026Wake County sample ballot

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