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Race snapshot
North Carolina’s U.S. Senate general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. Wiley Nickel is one of 27 candidates in the contested race: eight Democrats, 13 Republicans, two Green candidates, one Libertarian, one independent and two candidates with other affiliations. Republican Thom R Sen Tillis is the incumbent.
No documented policy positions are on file for any candidate in this race. Biography and campaign-finance figures, including funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand, also are not on file for the candidates.
Democratic candidates
- Justin Dues — Democrat. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Marcus W. Williams — Democrat. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Orrick Romaine Quick — Democrat. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Wiley Nickel — Democrat. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Daryl Farrow — Democrat. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Robert Colon — Democrat. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Alyssia Rose-katherine Hammond — Democrat. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Roy Cooper — Democrat. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
Republican candidates
- Brooks Alexander Agnew — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Michele Morrow — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Margot Dupre — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Don Brown — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Lichia Woldegabreal Sibhatu — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Gavin Solomon — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Thomas Lee Johnson — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Elizabeth A. Temple — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Michael Whatley — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Richard Dansie — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Logan Benjamin DR Keener — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Thom R Sen Tillis — Republican incumbent. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Robert Anders MR Nilsson — Republican. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
Other affiliations
- Shannon Bray — Libertarian. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Michael Louis Jr. Dublin — Green. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Constance “connie” Johnson — Other. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Owen Nicholas Carlson — OE. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Shaunesi Yvette Deberry — Independent. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
- Brian Mcginnis — Green. Biography, funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
What the record establishes
Nickel’s filed affiliation identifies him as a Democrat seeking the U.S. Senate seat in the 2026 North Carolina election. The candidate field is contested and includes an incumbent. Beyond those ballot details, no documented platform or position can be attributed to Nickel or any other candidate in the race.
