Get To Know Your Candidates! 2026

Election Date: March 3, 2026

Candidates who responded to the questionnaire* have their names in color and underlined.

Click on the name to be directed to their responses.

Displayed below are candidates for both Pender and Onslow County elections. Seats for election restricted to one county instead of both will be noted.

US Senate

Margot Dupre (R)

Richard Dansie (R)

Donald M. (Don) Brown (R)

Michael Whatley (R)

Elizabeth A. Temple (R)

Michele Morrow (R)

Thomas Johnson (R)

Daryl Farrow (D)

Justin E. Dues (D)

Roy Cooper (D)

Robert Colon (D)

Marcus W. Williams (D)

Orrick Quick (D)

US House of Representatives - District 3 Onslow Ballot Only

Raymond Smith (D)

Allison Jaslow (D)

NC House of Representatives - District 7 Pender Ballot Only

David Buzzard (R)

David Rouzer (R)

NC Court of Appeals Judge - Seat 1

Michael C. Byrne (R)

Matt Smith (R)

NC Court of Appeals Judge - Seat 3

James Weldon Whalen (D)

Christine Marie Walczyk (D)

NC State Senate - District 9 Pender Ballot Only

William W. Barbour (R)

Brent Jackson (R)

NC House of Representatives - District 16

Carson Smith (R)

Joshua Patti (R) - Click here to see why I am running

Pender County Board of Commissioners District 1 Pender Ballot Only

Shayne Frey (R)

Joe Cina (R)

Pender County Board of Commissioners District 2 Pender Ballot Only

Ryan Collins (R)

Randy Burton (R)

Pender County Board of Commissioners District 3 Pender Ballot Only

David Fallin (R)

Andy Jessie DeVane (R)

Pender County Board of Commissioners District 4 Pender Ballot Only

Unexpired term ending 2028

Jimmy T. Tate (R)

Max Southworth-Beckwith (R)

Pender County Board of Education District 1 Pender Ballot Only

Jennifer R. Hansen (R)

Sam Guldry (R)

Pender County Board of Education District 2 Pender Ballot Only

Kim McGahey (R)

Jason K. Jordan (R)

Pender County Clerk of Superior Court Pender Ballot Only

Elizabeth H. Craver (R)

Camille Costin Harrell (R)

Onslow County Board of Commissioners District Onslow Ballot Only

(You may vote for THREE)

Tim Foster (R)

Whitney Cantrell (R)

Royce Bennett (R)

Walter J. Scott (R)

Elliot N. Jarman (R)

Tyler Googe (R)

Onslow County Board of Education Onslow Ballot Only

Doug Davis (R)

Angie Todd (R)

Bill Lanier (R)

Daisy M. Haywood (R)

Bill Halley (R)

David Green (R)

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*Candidates were emailed these responses from the Topsail Times Newspaper off of the 2026 Candidate List on the NC Board of Elections website. If you are a candidate who would like to respond to the questionnaire and missed the deadline, please email us with your responses and we will include it here on our website.