DEMOCRAT

Hunt represented Mecklenburg County in the N.C. House for 4 years and then served as a state senator. She is the daughter of Jim Hunt, the longest-serving governor in N.C. history. She says on her website that her priorities are to invest in public schools, expand access to health care and fight for small-town economies, supporting broadband internet in particular. She is vocal about opposing “MAGA politicians” and “their attempts to eliminate freedoms N.C. women have had for more than 50 years.” She is also a supporter of “common sense red flag laws” on guns and opposes “taxpayer dollars” going to “unproven and unaccountable private schools.” Hunt is a lawyer by training and according to her LinkedIn profile runs a college consulting business. She has a bachelor’s from UNC Chapel Hill and a JD from the University of South Carolina. (Age 59)

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CONSTITUTION CANDIDATE

There is little we could find about this candidate other than that he appears to live in Cary and is a white male likely in his 70s. He was quoted in The Carolina Journal on his decision to run: “I was already pretty much disgusted with the two-party system, and lo and behold, walked through the gun show, ran into Kevin Hayes [Constitution Party U.S. Congress District 6 candidate], talked to him, and saw his literature and their core values.” The Constitution Party sought to impeach Gov. Roy Cooper in 2020 during the pandemic. 

REPUBLICAN

Weatherman is the former chief of staff to N.C. politicians (former Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and Forest’s mother, former Charlotte Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick). He is also the former district director for former U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn and is the founder of a non-profit promoting election integrity. He says he is tired of “money-driven campaigns” and wants to paint an “optimistic vision.” He says his values, both fiscal and social, are conservative. He says he wants to reduce the stigma of “working in the trades” and promote the state’s apprenticeship program. He says he will support the 2nd Amendment and “accept no restrictions.” He is a graduate of Wake Forest and father of three. As an undergraduate at Wake Forest, he wrote newspaper columns advocating a dry campus to reduce the incidence of date rape and denouncing abortion. (Age ~50s)

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LIBERTARIAN

Bray is a replacement candidate for Dee Watson, who was slated to be the Libertarian candidate for lieutenant governor but withdrew. Bray previously ran for U.S. Senate in 2020 and 2022 as well as for N.C. governor this past primary (he lost to Mike Ross). His website lists putting kids first and protecting parental rights, providing affordable healthcare options and limiting anti-competitive business regulation. He believes that abortion should be legal through 16 weeks and that marijuana should be decriminalized. He is also a supporter of ranked choice voting. In previous elections, his primary message was about privacy, but that topic is not mentioned on his site in this election even though it is one of the top issues of the Libertarian platform. On his LinkedIn page, he lists that he is a Ph.D. student in computer science and that he is currently working on something in stealth mode. He was arrested in 2023 in Holly Springs for "assaults on a female" and threatening his wife. During that arrest, officers found marijuana-growing equipment at his house and charged him with manufacturing marijuana, according to news reports. He lives in the Raleigh area and is the father of three. (Age ~52) 

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