Who’s running in the 2024 elections across the Greater Outer Banks
With North Carolina again holding party primaries during a presidential election year in late winter, that means filing for the 2024 elections took place in December.
The party primaries will be held on Tuesday, March 5. In-person early voting for the begins Thursday, Feb. 15, and runs through 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2. The general election will take place Tuesday, November 5.
Here’s the full rundown of who will be running in the primaries locally in the Greater Outer Banks counties, along with the U.S. Congress, N.C. House and Senate, statewide, judicial, and Presidential Preference primaries.
The congressional and legislative filings are based on maps approved by the General Assembly earlier this year. But legal challenges to those maps have been filed, and could lead to changes that would delay the primaries for U.S. House (click to view map), and N.C. Senate (map) and House (map).
Key: Dem = Democrat; Gre = Green; Lib = Libertarian; Rep = Republican; Un = Unaffiliated; (I) = Incumbent.
Dare County
Commissioner – District 1
Carson Creef, Rep
Wally Overman, Rep (I)
Commissioner – District 1, unexpired term
Bea Basnight, Rep (I)
Mike Burrus, Rep
Commissioner – District 2
Katie Morgan, Dem
Bob Woodard, Rep (I)
Commissioner – District 3
Dennis Zaenger, Dem
Steve House, Rep (I)
Commissioner – District 4
Aida Havel, Dem
Mary Ellon D. Ballance, Rep
Board of Education – At Large
Melissa Zehner, Dem
David Twiddy, Rep (I)
Board of Education – District 1
Justin Bateman, Rep
Board of Education – District 2
Hayley Carey, Dem
Lisa E. Lloyd, Rep
Board of Education – District 4
Heather Euler, Dem
Kenny Brite, Rep
Hyde County
Commissioner – Lake Landing Township
James (Boo Boo) Topping, Dem
Tommy Loftus, Dem
Thomas Midgette, Dem
Commissioner – Ocracoke Township
Randal Mathews, Dem (I)
Board of Education – At Large
Chanta Gibbs-Rickard, Dem (I)
U.S. House – click to view district maps
District 1
Don Davis, Dem (I)
Tom Bailey, Lib
Sandy Smith, Rep
Laurie Buckhout, Rep
District 3
Gheorghe Cormos – Lib
Greg Murphy – Rep (I)
N.C. Senate – click to view district maps
District 1
Susan Harman-Scott, Dem
Bobby Haning, Rep (I)
District 2
Tare (T) Davis, Dem
Maria Cormos, Lib
Norman W. Sanderson, Rep (I)
N.C. House – click to view district maps
District 1
Susan A. Sawin, Dem
Edward C. Goodwin, Rep (I)
District 5
Howard Hunter III, Dem
Bill Ward, Rep (I)
District 79
Mary Beedle, Dem
Keith Kidwell, Rep (I)
Statewide office
District Court Judge
District 1 – Currituck, Camden, Chowan, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans
Seat 4
Edgar Barnes – Rep (I)
Seat 5
Amber Davis Malarney – Rep (I)
District 2 – Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington
Seat 3
Jason Williams, Dem (I)
Jonathon Jones, Rep
Seat 4
Keith B. Mason, Dem (I)
Presidential Preference Primary
Lists were provided by the political parties for the 2024 primary, and approved by the State Board of Elections on Dec. 18. The board will meet again on January 2, when it may consider adding additional candidates who were not submitted by the political parties.
Democratic Party
- Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Libertarian Party:
- Toad Anderson
- Charles Ballay
- David (TrimeTaveler) Dunlap
- Jacob Hornberger
- Beau Lindsey
- Lars Mapstead
- Chase Oliver
- Michael Rectenwald
- Joshua Smith
- Mike ter Maat
Republican Party
- Ryan Binkley
- Chris Christie
- Ron DeSantis
- Nikki Haley
- Asa Hutchinson
- Vivek Ramaswamy
- Donald J. Trump
The Green Party did not submit any candidates for the primary but may still nominate a candidate for the general election on Nov. 5, based on the candidate chosen by that party’s national nominating convention.
The other recognized political party in North Carolina, the No Labels Party, will nominate its general election candidates by convention rather than primary, under N.C.G.S. § 163-98, since this will be the first general election the party will participate in. The State Board recognized No Labels as a political party earlier this year.
