Candidates running for office in Oct. 2026

Moore County early in-person voting for the 2026 general election will run from Thursday, Oct. 15, through Saturday, Oct. 31. Voting will be available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Early in-person voters can cast their ballots at the Moore County Agricultural Center, 707 Pinehurst Ave. in Carthage; Aberdeen Recreation Center, 301 Lake Park Crossing in Aberdeen; or Vass Town Hall, 140 S. Alma St. in Vass.

Curbside voting is available only to voters who are unable to physically enter the voting enclosure because of age or disability.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Voters must report to their assigned polling place. 

More information is available at the Moore County Board of Elections website: https://www.moorecountync.gov/board-of-elections.

The following list of candidates comes directly from the Moore County Board of Elections website.

US Senate
Michael Dublin (Green)
Roy Cooper (Democrat)
Shannon W. Bray (Libertarian)
Michael Whatley (Republican)

US House of Representatives District 09
Richard N. Ojeda II (Democrat)
Richard Hudson (Republican)

NC Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 01
Anita Earls (Democrat)
Sarah Stevens (Republican)

NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 01
Michael C. Byrne (Republican)
John S. Arrowood (Democrat)

NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 02
George Cooper Bell (Republican)
Tobias (Toby) Hampson (Democrat)

NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 03
Craig Collins (Republican)
Christine Marie Walczyk (Democrat)

NC State Senate District 21
Paul Taylor (Democrat)
Tom McInnis (Republican)

NC House of Representatives District 051
Charles M. Taylor (Republican)
April Montgomery (Unaffiliated)

NC House of Representatives District 052
Joe Parfitt (Democrat)
Ben Moss (Republican)

NC House of Representatives District 078
Neal Jackson (Republican)
Matt Holway (Democrat)

NC Superior Court Judge District 29 Seat 01
Michael (Mike) Stone (Republican)

NC District Court Judge District 29 Seat 01, Hoke-Moore
Kimberly Furr Davis (Republican)
Tron Faulk Ross (Democrat)

NC District Court Judge District 29 Seat 02, Hoke-Moore
Beth Tanner (Republican)

NC District Court Judge District 29 Seat 05, Hoke
Yohan Namkung (Republican)

Moore County Board of Commissioners District I
Jim Von Canon (Republican)

Moore County Board of Commissioners District III
Cameron Dockery (Republican)

Moore County Board of Commissioners District V
Kurt J. Cook (Republican)

Moore County Clerk of Superior Court
Todd E. Maness (Republican)

Moore County Register of Deeds
William (Bill) Britton (Republican)

Moore County Sheriff
Ronnie Fields (Republican)

Moore County Board of Education Member At-Large
Don Zawlocki
Jim Pedersen
Olivia Oxendine
Anthony B. McCauley

Moore County Board of Education District III
Chris A. Steiner
Sammy McNeill

Moore Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor
Lewin Blue
Marcia Woodfield
Scott Sheffield
Zachary Tuttle Riley

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