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2 candidates are tracked for Orange County Board of Commissioners At-Large on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Karen Stegman and Jeffrey Hoagland. Candidate information follows official Orange County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Open seat: sitting at-large commissioner Sally Greene did not file for re-election, per the Daily Tar Heel. Karen Stegman won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary over Adam Beeman with about 77 percent of the vote, per the Daily Tar Heel, and faces Republican Jeffrey Hoagland on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Stegman is a consultant on non-profit strategy and development with about 25 years of community-development, education and public-health work, including with the Orange County Family Resource Centers, per IndyWeek. She served two terms on the Chapel Hill Town Council before running for the Orange County Board of Commissioners, per her campaign site.
2026 priorities
- Expanding access to affordable housing, per IndyWeek
- Addressing inequities in the property tax valuation process, per the Daily Tar Heel
- Effective use of the 2024 school bond, per the Daily Tar Heel
Source: candidate campaign site.
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Hoagland is an engineer running for the Orange County Board of Commissioners at-large seat; it is his third campaign for elected office in three years, per NC Newsline. No campaign website was found for him as of this county's certified filing period. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jeffrey Hoagland.
2026 priorities (per the NC Newsline)
- Making sure law enforcement is properly staffed, trained and funded
- Fiscal restraint on county tax increases and new funding commitments
