Use our Voter Guide to research candidates in Wake County elections
Voting has started in the 2022 elections. To help you make your choices, The News & Observer has created this voter guide for Wake County.
We contacted many of the candidates who will appear on general election ballots in Raleigh and surrounding communities and asked them to answer a series of questions about their backgrounds, philosophy and positions.
Below, find links to the questionnaires submitted by candidates who responded. We are making every questionnaire free to readers.
A few races are statewide, including those for U.S. Senate, N.C. Supreme Court and N.C. Court of Appeals, which means everyone gets to vote in those.
Other races are open only to people living in the county, city or district. If you are unsure what district you live in for the U.S. House, N.C. House, N.C. Senate, Wake County Board of Commissioners, Wake County school board or Raleigh City Council, you can look that up at https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/
There’s much more in the 2022 NC Voter Guide. Go to newsobserver.com/voter-guide for everything you need to know about voting early, by mail and on Election Day, Nov. 8.
Here are the candidates.
City of Raleigh Mayor
DaQuanta Copeland
Raleigh City Council At-Large (pick two)
John Odom
Raleigh City Council District A
Raleigh City Council District B
Zainab Baloch (no longer running)
Raleigh City Council District C
Raleigh City Council District D
Raleigh City Council District E
Wake County Sheriff
Wake County District Attorney
Wake County Board of Commissioners District 1
Wake County Board of Commissioners District 2
Mark McMains
Wake County Board of Commissioners District 3
Wake County Board of Commissioners District 7
Vickie Adamson
Wake County Board of Education District 1
Wake County Board of Education District 2
Dorian Hamilton
Wake County Board of Education District 3
Brooks Lowe
Wake County Board of Education District 4
Wake County Board of Education District 5
Ross Beamon
Dawn Townsend
Wake County Board of Education District 6
Mary-Lewis Freeman (no longer running)
Wake County Board of Education District 7
Wake County Board of Education District 8
Wake County Board of Education District 9
Tara Ann Cartwright
U.S. Senate
Ted Budd (R)
U.S. House of Representatives District 2
Christine Villaverde (R)
U.S. House of Representatives District 13
NC Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 3
NC Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 5
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 8
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 9
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 10
NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 11
NC DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 10F SEAT 01
NC House of Representatives District 11
NC House of Representatives District 21
Gerard Falzon (R)
Ya Liu (D)
Joshua Morris (L)
NC House of Representatives District 33
Chris Costello (L)
Stephanie Dingee (R)
Rosa Gill (D)
NC House of Representatives District 34
Tim Longest (D)
Kat McDonald (L)
Ashley Seshul (R)
NC House of Representatives District 35
Terence Everitt (D)
Joseph Serio (L)
Fred Von Canon (R)
NC House of Representatives District 36
John Harris (R)
Julie von Haefen (D)
Kyle Ward (L)
NC House of Representatives District 37
Christine Kelly (D)
Erin Pare (R)
Christopher Robinson (L)
NC House of Representatives District 38
Abe Jones (D)
NC House of Representatives District 39
Greg Jones (R)
James Roberson (D)
NC House of Representatives District 40
Marilyn Avila (R)
Joe John (D)
Michael Nelson (L)
NC House of Representatives District 41
Maria Cervania (D)
Bruce Forster (R)
Kevin Terrett (L)
NC House of Representatives District 49
Cynthia Ball (D)
Michael Oakes (L)
David Robertson (R)
NC House of Representatives District 66
Ives Brizuela de Sholar (R)
Sarah Crawford (D)
Micao Penaflor (L)
NC Senate District 13
NC Senate District 14
Matthew Laszacs (L)
NC Senate District 15
Sammie Brooks (L)
Emanuela Prister (R)
NC Senate District 16
Gale Adcock (D)
James Powers (R)
Michael Trudeau (G)
Dee Watson (L)
NC Senate District 17
NC Senate District 18
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