Guilford County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Incumbent Avery Michelle Crump is the only certified candidate for Prosecutorial District 24, which covers Guilford County alone; unopposed candidates print on North Carolina's November 3 ballot.

• Avery Michelle Crump · DemocraticIncumbent▾

  Avery Michelle Crump has been Guilford County's district attorney since 2016, after serving as a Guilford District Court judge, nine years as a Guilford assistant district attorney, and earlier as a Bronx County prosecutor, per the Conference of District Attorneys' official district page. She holds degrees from UNC and NCCU Law.

Phil Byrd won the March 3 Republican contest with 68.8 percent, per the state results archive.

• Danny Rogers · DemocraticIncumbent▾

  Danny Rogers has been Guilford County's sheriff since December 2018 and won reelection in 2022, per the county sheriff's office page.

  Priorities: Reducing violent crime through intelligence-driven policing, per the campaign site · Mental health and reentry programs, per the campaign site · Community partnerships and youth programs, per the campaign site

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• Phil Byrd · Republican▾

  Phil Byrd is a retired Guilford County sheriff's captain with a 30-year career commanding personnel and training, school resource officers, and field operations, and was the 2022 nominee for this office, per FOX8 and his campaign site.

  Priorities: Professional standards, per the campaign site · Employee morale and retention, per the campaign site · Unbiased service, per the campaign site

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David Churchill won the March 3 Democratic contest with 59.8 percent and is unopposed in November, per the State Board of Elections certified list and results archive.

• David Churchill · DemocraticIncumbent▾

  David Churchill was appointed clerk in May 2025 when Lisa Johnson-Tonkins became a superior court judge, and previously held the office from 1998 to 2014, per Yes Weekly and the High Point Enterprise. He is a former assistant public defender and assistant district attorney with a Wake Forest law degree.

OPEN SEAT: sitting at-large commissioner Kay Cashion is not seeking reelection, per the Rhino Times. Republican Tony Jacobelli withdrew in August 2026 and the county Republican Party voted to name Michael Perdue as a replacement nominee, per the Rhino Times, but the certified state candidate list still prints Jacobelli as of September 1; the certified list governs until the state updates it.

• Greg Drumwright · Democratic▾

  Greg Drumwright is senior minister of The Citadel Church in Greensboro, a consultant, and a Guilford Planning Board member, per WUNC. He is a graduate of N.C. A&T with a divinity degree from Wake Forest, and won the three-way March 3 Democratic contest with 39.4 percent, per the state results archive.

  Priorities: Safe schools and communities, per his candidate survey responses · Teacher pay, per his candidate survey responses · Rural healthcare and county mental health support, per his candidate survey responses

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• Tony Jacobelli · Republican▾

  Tony Jacobelli withdrew from the race in August 2026 and the county Republican Party has voted to name a replacement nominee, per the Rhino Times, but he remains on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list as of September 1. He is a retired engineer, per the High Point Enterprise.

Incumbent Carlvena Foster is the only certified candidate; unopposed candidates print on North Carolina's November 3 ballot.

• Carlvena Foster · DemocraticIncumbent▾

  Carlvena Foster has represented District 1 since 2014 and is the current vice chair, per the county's official roster. She served on the Guilford school board from 2008 to 2014 and spent 25 years as executive director of the Carl Chavis YMCA in High Point, per her official county biography.

From the State Board of Elections certified candidate list.

• Alan Perdue · RepublicanIncumbent▾

  Alan Perdue has represented District 2 since December 2014, per the county's official roster. He had a 34-year career in Guilford Emergency Services, serving as director from 2003 to 2013, and spent 12 years on the NC Building Code Council, per his official county page.
• Scott A. Jones · Democratic▾

  Scott A. Jones works for Re-Mulch Inc., a landscaping products business, per his candidate survey responses.

From the State Board of Elections certified candidate list.

• Pat Tillman · RepublicanIncumbent▾

  Pat Tillman has represented District 3 since December 2022, per the county's official roster. He served on the Guilford school board from 2016 to 2022, is a sales and marketing director at PHD Laboratories, and is a Marine combat veteran, per his official county biography.
• Derek Mobley · Democratic▾

  Derek Mobley is making his second run for this seat, campaigning on keeping Guilford affordable, per his campaign site.

  Priorities: Affordability, per the campaign site · Economic opportunity, per the campaign site · Safe communities, per the campaign site

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• Jeanine Couto · Green▾

  Jeanine Couto is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot.

OPEN SEAT: sitting commissioner Frankie T. Jones Jr. is not on the ballot. Lisa McMillan won the March 3 Democratic contest by 71 votes per the official state results archive and is unopposed in November.

• Lisa McMillan · Democratic▾

  Lisa McMillan is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Turning Everything Around, per WUNC.

  Priorities: Families and children, per the campaign site · Affordability and public health, per the campaign site · Small business and transparency, per the campaign site

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