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4 candidates are tracked for Cumberland County Board of Commissioners At-Large on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Charles Evans, Veronica B. Jones, Greg West and Ron Ross. Candidate information follows official Cumberland County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Two of Cumberland's two at-large seats are up. Democrats Charles Evans and Veronica B. Jones won a six-candidate March 3, 2026 Democratic primary (unofficial county-summed NCSBE precinct results: Evans 12,436 votes/26.9%, Jones 7,455/16.1%, ahead of Toni Stewart, Mario Benavente, sitting commissioner Marshall Faircloth and William Wesley); no second primary was required. Republicans Greg West and Ron Ross both filed and face no primary opposition. All four advance to the November 3, 2026 ballot for the two seats.
Evans is a lifelong Fayetteville resident who previously served 12 years as an at-large Cumberland County commissioner (2010-2022), including as board chairman in 2021-2022, and four years on the Fayetteville City Council, per his campaign site. As commissioner he championed the county's 'Ban the Box' hiring policy and led expungement clinics for nonviolent convictions.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Criminal justice reform, including expungement access and 'second chance' policies
- Expanding homeless shelter capacity and funding
- Community-police partnership and community policing initiatives
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Jones is the sitting Vice Chairwoman of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, first elected at-large in 2022, per the county's official commissioner biography. A public servant of more than 25 years, she has focused on mental health advocacy, affordable housing, school facility improvements, and support for disabled veterans and military families. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Veronica B. Jones.
2026 priorities (per the county official bio)
- Mental health and wellness advocacy
- Affordable housing and fixing school facilities
- Support for disabled veterans and military families; public safety
West is a licensed real estate broker and general contractor and co-owner of RAYWEST DESIGNBUILD, a Cumberland County small business, per his campaign site. He has served more than two decades on the Cumberland County Board of Education, where he has focused on accountability and student success, and is not seeking another school board term.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Fiscally responsible planning tied to infrastructure and economic growth
- Strong schools and workforce development
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Ross has spent 54 years working with the Boys & Girls Club, including as executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Lumberton-Robeson County, and lives in Hope Mills, per his campaign site and CityView NC.
2026 priorities
- Fiscal responsibility and transparent county budgets, per the campaign site
- Programs supporting youth, families and safe neighborhoods, per the campaign site
- Addressing PFAS water contamination and lowering property taxes, per CityView NC
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