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Northampton County, NC

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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U.S. House, North Carolina District 1
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Don Davis portrait
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Don Davis
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Davis was born and raised in Snow Hill in eastern North Carolina, where he worked cropping tobacco as a teenager, per the campaign site. He is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate who served eight years as a commissioned officer, then worked as an educator, a mayor, and a six term state senator before his election to Congress, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lowering the Cost of Living
  • Jobs and Economic Growth
  • Education and Living the American Dream
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Laurie Buckhout portrait
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Laurie Buckhout
REP
Biography
Buckhout is a retired U.S. Army colonel and Iraq War veteran who led troops in combat before building a career in business, per the campaign site. She lives in Edenton with her husband, also an Army veteran, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Turning our economy around
  • Keep our border secure
  • Protect our farmers and fishermen
Campaign siteFull profile
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Tom Bailey
Biography
Tom Bailey appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House, NC-1, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
North Carolina fields are from the State Board of Elections' certified general candidate list. NC redrew its congressional map in October 2025 (Session Law 2025-95), and this site's ZIP districts follow that 2025 map; enter your street address with the official lookup to confirm your district. This district was redrawn for 2026.
U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
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Roy Cooper
DEM
Biography
Roy Cooper is a former North Carolina governor and attorney general, per the campaign site. He was born and raised in Nash County, earned undergraduate and law degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and practiced law in Rocky Mount, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he served four consecutive terms as attorney general and, as governor, reached a Medicaid expansion deal covering about 650,000 people.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lower the cost of food and groceries
  • Make health care affordable
  • Lower energy and utility costs
Campaign Finance
$26,822,373 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (49% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (21% of receipts)
Record in office
Signed North Carolina's Medicaid expansion (House Bill 76) into law in 2023.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael Whatley
REP
Biography
Michael Whatley was raised in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and holds degrees from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Wake Forest University and the University of Notre Dame, per the campaign site. He began his public service as a federal law clerk in Charlotte and later served as Sen. Elizabeth Dole's chief of staff, per the campaign site. He served as chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and, at President Trump's request, as chairman of the Republican National Committee, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Enact the Trump agenda
  • Make North Carolina safe again
  • Fight illegal immigration
Campaign Finance
$8,410,252 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (62% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (23% of receipts)
Campaign siteFull profile
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Shannon W. Bray
Biography
Shannon W. Bray is a Navy veteran and cybersecurity professional, per the campaign site. He says he is running for the U.S. Senate because North Carolina deserves leadership that understands modern threats without sacrificing fundamental freedoms, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Economy and taxes: lower costs, simpler taxes
  • Monetary policy and inflation
  • Jobs, innovation and technology
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael Dublin
Biography
Michael Dublin is a native North Carolinian, a public school educator who recently retired from teaching, and a lifelong community activist, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he has led a prison ministry for more than two decades. He filed as the North Carolina Green Party's U.S. Senate candidate on June 15, 2026, per the state Green Party.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Democracy: get big money out of politics
  • Environmental justice: a Green New Deal for North Carolina
  • Social and racial equity
Campaign siteFull profile
Supreme Court Associate Justice, Seat 01
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Anita Earls
DEM
Biography
Earls is an attorney who currently serves as an Associate Justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, per the campaign site. Her campaign focuses on protecting constitutional rights for North Carolinians, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Upholding the state constitution, per NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide
  • Protecting access to healthcare, per NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide
  • Defending the right to a sound basic public education and voting rights, per NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide
Campaign siteFull profile
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Sarah Stevens
REP
Biography
Sarah Stevens is an attorney with more than 30 years in private practice and president of the Surry County Bar Association, per her campaign site. She has served as Republican Leader and Speaker Pro Tempore of the North Carolina House, chairing the House Elections Law and Judiciary Committees, and holds a law degree from Campbell University School of Law, per her campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Court of Appeals Judge, Seat 01
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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John S. Arrowood
DEM
Biography
John S. Arrowood is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
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Michael C. Byrne
REP
Biography
Michael C. Byrne is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Court of Appeals Judge, Seat 02
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Tobias (Toby) Hampson
DEM
Biography
Tobias (Toby) Hampson is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Keeping judges with Court of Appeals experience on the bench, per NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide
  • Defending the rule of law, per NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide
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George Cooper Bell
REP
Biography
George Cooper Bell is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Court of Appeals Judge, Seat 03
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
CM
Christine Marie Walczyk
DEM
Biography
Christine Marie Walczyk is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Protecting individual liberties and equal access to justice, per NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide
  • Maintaining an independent judiciary, per NCSBE Judicial Voter Guide
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Craig Collins
REP
Biography
Craig Collins is on the State Board of Elections certified candidate list for this seat's November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile

Countywide races in Northampton County

ZIP 27869 sits in Northampton County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Northampton County races (2).

North Carolina Senate District 1
2 candidates
County ▾
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Melissa Zehner
DEM
Biography
Melissa Zehner is a Democrat running for North Carolina Senate District 1, covering ten counties in northeastern North Carolina. She grew up in rural Farmville, Virginia, the daughter of a public school teacher and small business owner, and is a mother of two children who attend public schools, per her campaign site. Zehner now lives on the Outer Banks and previously worked in Minor League Baseball management before becoming a stay at home parent, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Increasing teacher pay and per pupil education spending
  • Opposes directing public education funds to private school vouchers
  • Addressing affordability of groceries, healthcare and childcare
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Jerry Tillett portrait
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Jerry Tillett
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Jerry Tillett is a Republican representing North Carolina Senate District 1, covering Bertie, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans and Tyrrell counties. He was appointed to the seat on September 3, 2026, per the North Carolina General Assembly.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Restore accountability in state government
  • Strengthen coastal communities
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Melissa Zehner (Democratic), Jerry Tillett (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot; Jerry Tillett is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Party nominees were chosen at the March 3 primary (a second primary is held only when no one reaches 30 percent plus one); unaffiliated candidates qualified by petition. The field is the State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot. Every address in Northampton County is in this district, per the certified district list.
North Carolina House District 27
2 candidates
County ▾
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David Woodson
REP
Biography
Per the campaign site, David Woodson spent 38 years with the Department of Defense, including as Director of Printing at the White House, and retired from the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. David Woodson is the Republican candidate for North Carolina House District 27, representing Warren, Halifax and Northampton counties. Woodson spent nearly four decades in public service, including leadership positions with the Department of Defense, the Department of the Navy and the White House, per NewsBreak.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Infrastructure and affordability
  • Rural economic development
  • Agriculture
Campaign siteFull profile
Rodney D. Pierce portrait
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Rodney D. Pierce
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Rodney D. Pierce is the Democratic incumbent for North Carolina House District 27, representing Halifax, Northampton and Warren counties, per the North Carolina General Assembly. Pierce works as a historian and consultant, per the North Carolina General Assembly. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
David Woodson (Republican), Rodney D. Pierce (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Rodney D. Pierce is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Party nominees were chosen at the March 3 primary (a second primary is held only when no one reaches 30 percent plus one); unaffiliated candidates qualified by petition. The field is the State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot. Every address in Northampton County is in this district, per the certified district list.

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