Candidates on the 2026-Nov Ballot for Person County
and three proposed
Constitutional Amendments
and a proposed
Person County School Bond
Candidates inside Person County:
John R. Byrd Sr. – for Commissioner (2-year term)
Donald Long – for Commissioner (4-year term)
Jimmy Wilkins – for Commissioner (4-year term)
Jason “Skeet” Wilborn – for Sheriff (4-year term)
Person County is a member of these three districts:
Brad Knott – US House District 13
Laura Pichardo – NC Senate District 23
John M. Dunlow, Cindy Sturges, and Mike Waters – NC Judicial District 11
Statewide Candidates:
Michael Whatley – US Senator for North Carolina
Sarah Stevens – NC Supreme Court Associate Justice, seat #1
Michael C. Byrne – NC Appeals Court Judge, seat #1
George Cooper Bell – NC Appeals Court Judge, seat #2
Craig Collins – NC Appeals Court Judge, seat #3
NC Constitutional Amendments – three are proposed:
Constitutional amendment to require all voters, not just those presenting to vote in person, to present photo identification before voting.
Constitutional amendment to keep the State income tax rate from being raised higher than three and one-half percent (3.5%).
Constitutional amendment requiring limits on property tax increases by local governments.
A Person County School Bond is proposed:
Additional property taxes may be levied on property located in the County of Person in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on bonds, if approved by the following ballot question:
SHALL the order authorizing $107,000,000 of bonds plus interest to pay the capital costs of constructing, equipping, improving, and renovating school facilities, including, but not limited to, the construction of a new middle school and renovations to the vacated Northern Middle School and Southern Middle School for use as elementary schools to support elementary school consolidation, and providing that additional taxes may be levied in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds be approved, in light of the following:
(1) The estimated cumulative cost over the life of the bonds, using the highest interest rate charged for similar debt over the last 20 years, would be $166,988,404 (consisting of $107,000,000 principal amount of the bonds plus $59,988,404 of interest).
(2) The estimated amount of property tax liability increase for each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of property tax value to service the cumulative cost over the life of the bond provided above would be $95.00 per year.