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Elections in Cary, Durham, Fayetteville and beyond will determine local leaders. Here’s what you need to know about voting rules and how to find information on the candidates.

Since Republicans took a majority on the board in May, two high-ranking staffers have left the agency and the board’s top spokesperson is on paid leave.

In a matchup between Cooper and Whatley, a former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair, voters backed Cooper 47 percent to 38.6 percent. Against Brown, a former Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer, Cooper has a 10-point lead at 48 percent.

North Carolina had few elections Tuesday that were being watched as indicators of where the state or country might move politically. Democrats one state to our north cruised to victory in the Virginia governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general’s races.

Eight staffers have left the North Carolina State Board of Elections since May, when a new state law shifted control of the board from Democrats to Republicans.

Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly recently approved a new congressional map, with the new lines set to take effect for the 2026 midterm elections. The new districts, passed on party-line votes, are specifically designed to give Republicans an additional congressional seat, a reality that legislative leaders did little to deny.

View your personal sample ballot before you head to the polls by visiting the site below. Make sure to enter your first and last name to locate your voter record and then scroll down to the “Your Sample Ballot” section. How did you vote in the last election? Check here to see your voting record with the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

Municipal elections will wrap up for 91 of 100 counties across North Carolina on Tuesday. Most of the state’s 550 cities, towns and villages that administrate development, policing, trash service, local taxation and other issues decide leadership in this election cycle that is mostly known as an off year.

Voters in Charlotte, North Carolina, have reelected Democratic Mayor Vi Lyles after safety concerns in the city increased following a recent stabbing on a commuter train.