Every race on the Nov. 3 ballot in Forsyth County, from U.S. Senate to sheriff and school board, with all 75 candidates. Early voting opens Thursday, Oct. 15.

Forsyth County voters will choose among 75 candidates in 31 races on the Nov. 3 ballot. Seven of those races have only one candidate for each seat. Early voting opens at 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15.

The list below comes from the N.C. State Board of Elections candidate file for the general election, as downloaded Monday. Names appear as they will on the ballot, with the party the state lists for each candidate. We do not endorse candidates.

No one sees all 31 races. Forsyth County is split between two U.S. House districts, two state Senate districts and five state House districts, and two school board districts. Your own ballot carries only the districts you live in. Look it up with the state’s Voter Search tool, which shows your sample ballot.

Federal and statewide races

Race Vote for Candidates
U.S. Senate 1 Shannon W. Bray (Libertarian); Roy Cooper (Democrat); Michael Dublin (Green); Michael Whatley (Republican)
U.S. House District 6 1 Cyril Jefferson (Democrat); Addison McDowell (Republican)
U.S. House District 10 1 Ashley Bell (Democrat); Steven Feldman (Libertarian); Pat Harrigan (Republican)
N.C. Supreme Court, Seat 1 1 Anita Earls (Democrat); Sarah Stevens (Republican)
N.C. Court of Appeals, Seat 1 1 John S. Arrowood (Democrat); Michael C. Byrne (Republican)
N.C. Court of Appeals, Seat 2 1 George Cooper Bell (Republican); Tobias (Toby) Hampson (Democrat)
N.C. Court of Appeals, Seat 3 1 Craig Collins (Republican); Christine Marie Walczyk (Democrat)

General Assembly

Race Vote for Candidates
N.C. Senate District 31 1 Andy Bowline (Democrat); Dana Caudill Jones (Republican)
N.C. Senate District 32 1 Keenen Altic (Green); Peter Antinozzi (Republican); Paul Lowe, Jr. (Democrat)
N.C. House District 71 1 Kanika Brown (Democrat); Mathew Mena (Green)
N.C. House District 72 1 Amber M. Baker (Democrat), unopposed
N.C. House District 74 1 Amy Taylor North (Democrat); Jeff Zenger (Republican)
N.C. House District 75 1 Donny C. Lambeth (Republican); Jen Wiles (Democrat)
N.C. House District 91 1 Kyle Hall (Republican); Lucille Puckett (Democrat)

Courts and the district attorney

Race Vote for Candidates
District Attorney, District 31 1 Amara M. Hunter (Democrat); Jim O’Neill (Republican)
Superior Court Judge, District 31B, Seat 1 1 Carrie Vickery (Democrat), unopposed
District Court Judge, District 31, Seat 1 1 Valene K. McMasters (Democrat), unopposed
District Court Judge, District 31, Seat 2 1 Fred Adams (Democrat), unopposed
District Court Judge, District 31, Seat 3 1 Theodore (Ted) Kazakos (Republican), unopposed
District Court Judge, District 31, Seat 4 1 Cheryl Andrews McDonald (Democrat), unopposed
Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court 1 Kevin Edwards (Democrat), unopposed

County races

Race Vote for Candidates
Forsyth County Sheriff 1 Bobby F. Kimbrough (Democrat); Ernie Leyba (Republican)
Board of Commissioners, at-large 1 Dan Besse (Democrat); Terri Mrazek (Republican)
Board of Commissioners, District A 2 Tonya McDaniel (Democrat); Contessa Smith (Republican); Mali (Shai) Woodbury (Democrat)
Board of Commissioners, District B 1 Chris Parker (Republican); Marsie West (Democrat)
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor (nonpartisan) 2 Mark D. Apple; Toby Bost; Betsy Johnson; Salvet Kalu; Andrew Kepins

School board

The ballot calls it the Forsyth County Board of Education. It is the board that runs Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Three of the races elect more than one member, so you may vote for more than one candidate.

Race Vote for Candidates
At-large 3 Valerie Brockenbrough (Democrat); Jason Lucero (Republican); Ronda Mays (Democrat); Elisabeth Motsinger (Democrat); Michael Quinones (Republican)
District 1 2 Alex B. Bohannon (Democrat); Trevonia (BG) Brown-Gaither (Democrat); Mike Klinetobe (Republican)
District 2 4 Robert Barr (Republican); Jill Nelson Berlin (Republican); Lee Childress (Democrat); Susan Conway (Democrat); Allen Daniel (Republican); Curtis Fentress (Democrat); Marie Jackson (Democrat); Robert (Bob) Weiss (Republican)

District 2 is the most crowded race on any Forsyth ballot: eight candidates for four seats.

Rural Hall

Voters in the town of Rural Hall, about 10 miles north of downtown Winston-Salem, also elect a mayor and two Town Council members.

Race Vote for Candidates
Rural Hall Mayor 1 Terry M. Bennett (Republican); Susan Hawks Gordon (unaffiliated); Sebastian Jimenez-Barreras (unaffiliated)
Rural Hall Town Council 2 Amanda Johnson-Anthony (Democrat); Mark Lane (Republican); Michael Woodcock (unaffiliated)

No Winston-Salem city races appear in the state’s file for this election.

The numbers

  • 31 races and 75 candidates in the state’s file for Forsyth County.
  • 7 races have one candidate per seat: N.C. House District 72, the Superior Court seat, all four District Court seats and clerk of Superior Court.
  • 6 races elect more than one person: commissioners District A, all three school board races, the Rural Hall Town Council and soil and water supervisor.

This list covers candidates only. Check your sample ballot in Voter Search for anything else that will be on it.

What it means for you

  • Early voting: 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, through 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at 14 sites across the county. You can use any of them. Our voting guide has every site, the hours and what ID to bring.
  • Not registered? The regular deadline has passed, but you can register and vote at the same visit during early voting.
  • Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., at your assigned precinct only.
  • Questions: the Forsyth County Board of Elections is at 336-703-2800.
  • Results: we will report results from the State Board of Elections’ official results page on election night. They are unofficial until the county canvass.