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4 candidates are tracked for Union County Board of Commissioners on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Christina Dupont, Melissa M. Merrell, Brian W. Helms and Sam Harris. Candidate information follows official Union County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Three of Union's board seats are up (voters pick up to 3; a fourth, unexpired, seat is a separate contest below). Republicans Melissa M. Merrell, Brian W. Helms and Sam Harris won a six-candidate March 3, 2026 Republican primary (official Union County certified November list confirms these three as nominees; unofficial county-summed NCSBE precinct results: Helms 10,809 votes/12.8% of all ballots cast, Harris 9,662/11.4%, Merrell 8,529/10.1%, ahead of Patrick Tyson, Wyatt Dunn and Elizabeth Lee). Democrat Christina Dupont filed with no primary opponent. Sitting commissioner Clancy Baucom, whose seat is also up in 2026, did not seek re-election to the board and instead ran for and won the Republican nomination for NC House District 55.
Democratic
Christina Dupont appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Union County Board of Commissioners, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Christina Dupont.
Republican
Merrell is the sitting chair of the Union County Board of Commissioners, seeking re-election, and previously served in a leadership role on the county's board of education, per The Charlotte Weekly. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Melissa M. Merrell.
Republican
Helms is the sitting vice chairman of the Union County Board of Commissioners, seeking re-election, with a project-management background, per The Charlotte Weekly. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Brian W. Helms.
Republican
Harris currently serves as a Union Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor, per The Charlotte Weekly. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Sam Harris.