This cycle, Democrat Valerie Foushee is seeking a third term in Congress after facing a spirited challenge in this spring’s primary. She’ll face two candidates on the fall ballot who had no primary contest: Republican Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar and Libertarian Guy Meilleur.
As the Orange County Schools district grapples with many of the same challenges other public schools are in North Carolina, four seats on the Board of Education are up for grabs in 2026.
After only one of the 2024 races for the Orange County Board of Commissioners was contested in the primary cycle, all three have competition this year.
After running unopposed in 2022, Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood faces competition in the Democratic primary from the Durham County Sheriff’s Office’s Director of Planning and Development David LaBarre.