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One candidate is tracked for Orange County Board of Commissioners District 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Rani Dasi. Candidate information follows official Orange County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Jamezetta Bedford won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary over Maria T. Palmer unopposed by a Republican, but died June 21, 2026 following complications from a medical procedure, per the Daily Tar Heel. The Orange County Democratic Party executive committee selected Rani Dasi, a Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education member, as the new nominee (about 67 percent of committee votes over five other applicants), and the Board of Commissioners appointed her to fill the seat on August 25, 2026, per Chapelboro.com. Dasi is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the certified list decides who prints.
Democratic · Incumbent
Dasi is a longtime Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education member who was selected by the Orange County Democratic Party to succeed the late Jamezetta Bedford as the District 1 nominee, and was sworn in as the sitting commissioner on August 25, 2026, per Chapelboro.com. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Rani Dasi.