Editing 2026 Election (section)

= Wake County =

== Wake County Board of Commissioners ==

=== Recent election-structure changes ===
In 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted Session Law 2023-30 (House Bill 99), which altered the method of election for the Wake County Board of Commissioners. The law directed commissioners to be elected by district beginning in 2024 and expanded the board from seven to nine members beginning in 2026 by adding two at-large seats.<ref name="SL2023-30">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2023-2024/SL2023-30.pdf|title=Session Law 2023-30 (House Bill 99)|publisher=|accessdate=|website=North Carolina General Assembly|access-date=February 1, 2026}}</ref>

The law specifies that the seven commissioner districts are the districts adopted by the Wake County Board of Commissioners on November 1, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article255461571.html|title=Wake commissioners approve new districts, term changes. What that means for elections.|website=The News & Observer|date=November 2, 2021|access-date=February 1, 2026}}</ref> For the two at-large seats first elected in 2026, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected to a four-year term, and the candidate receiving the second-highest number of votes is elected to a two-year term, thereby creating staggered terms for future elections.

=== Candidates ===
The following candidates filed for the Wake County Board of Commissioners during the December 2025 filing period, according to the Wake County Board of Elections.<ref name="WakeBOE-2026MarchCandidateList">{{Cite web|url=https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/wakegov.com.if-us-west-1/s3fs-public/documents/2025-12/2026%20march%20candidate%20list_13.pdf|title=Wake County Candidate Detail List|publisher=|accessdate=|website=Wake County|date=December 19, 2025|access-date=February 1, 2026}}</ref>

==== At-Large (two seats) ====

* [[Christine Kushner]] (D)
* [[Robert Mitchener Jr.]] (D)
* [[Mona Singh]] (D)
* [[Jonathan Lambert-Melton]] (D)
* [[Kimberly McGhee]] (D)
* [[Marguerite Creel]] (D)
* [[Gary Hartong]] (R)
* [[Kyle Stogoski]] (R)

==== District 01 ====

* [[Don Mial]] (D)

==== District 02 ====

* [[Safiyah Jackson]] (D)
* [[John Adcock]] (R)

==== District 03 ====

* [[Cheryl Stallings]] (D)

==== District 07 ====

* [[Vickie Adamson]] (D)