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7 candidates are tracked for Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners on the November 3, 2026 ballot: James N. Bailey, Kristel Swayze, Ian Patrick, Dan Redding, Ingrid Nurse, Thomas Hill and Phil Henry. Candidate information follows official Cabarrus County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Seven candidates filed for three at-large seats on the November 3, 2026 ballot: James N. Bailey, Kristel Swayze, and Ian Patrick (Republicans, all three advanced from the March 3, 2026 Republican primary in which Bailey led with 7,143 votes, Swayze had 6,325, and incumbent Patrick had 6,104); Dan Redding, Ingrid Nurse, and Phil Henry (Democrats, unopposed in their own primary); and Thomas Hill (Libertarian). Of the three commission seats up in 2026, only Ian Patrick's incumbent seat is being sought again; sitting commissioners Jeff Jones and Kenneth Wortman did not file for new terms. Results are unofficial until certified.
Republican
James N. Bailey retired in 2023 after 29 years with the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office, where he served as Chief Deputy, per his campaign site. He now works as Assistant Director of Campus Health, Safety, and Security at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and holds criminal justice degrees from Western Carolina and East Carolina universities.
Campaign site →Republican
Kristel Swayze is a lifelong Cabarrus County resident and small business owner who founded her company in 2002, per Cabarrus Compass. She previously worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield in policy services and studied sociology and history at UNC-Chapel Hill. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Kristel Swayze.
Republican · Incumbent
Ian Patrick is the sitting Vice Chair of the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, per the county's public officials directory. He is an architect and a former Harrisburg town councilman, per WBTV.
Campaign site →Democratic
Dan Redding has worked in software sales for more than 15 years and graduated from Wingate University in 2007 with a degree in communications, per his campaign site. He moved to Cabarrus County in 2009 and lives in Harrisburg with his wife and two children.
Source: candidate campaign site.
Campaign site →Democratic
Ingrid Nurse has served on the Cabarrus County Planning and Zoning Commission since 2017 and holds degrees in accounting, rehabilitation counseling, and business administration, per her campaign site. She previously ran for county commissioner in 2024, finishing third.
Source: candidate campaign site.
Campaign site →Libertarian
Thomas Hill is a Charter Member, Treasurer, and Membership Secretary of the Cabarrus Libertarian Party, per Vote Smart, and has run for Cabarrus County office several times since 2002. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Thomas Hill.
Democratic
Phil Henry appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Phil Henry.