North Carolina › Onslow County › District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 5 (Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Sampson)
One candidate is tracked for District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 5 (Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Sampson) on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Ernie Lee. Candidate information follows official Onslow County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Ernie Lee (Republican) filed for reelection and no other candidate filed, so he is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per the NC State Board of Elections' certified candidate list and the county-by-county filing data in Candidate_Listing_2026.csv, which lists this contest under all four counties of Prosecutorial District 5 including Onslow.
Ernie Lee is the sitting district attorney for North Carolina's Fifth Prosecutorial District, covering Duplin, Jones, Onslow and Sampson counties, per the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys. He began his career as an assistant district attorney in Onslow County in the late 1980s and helped bring a Child Advocacy Center to the community, per OnePlaceOnslow.org. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Ernie Lee.
