The ballot
A list of candidates for offices to be determined in the primary May 6 and/or the general election Nov. 4.
PRESIDENT
Democrat
Hillary Clinton
Mike Gravel
Barack Obama
Republican
Mike Huckabee
Alan Keyes
John McCain
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
U.S. SENATOR
Democrat
Kay Hagan
Duskin C. Lassiter
Jim Neal
Howard Staley
Marcus W. Williams
Republican
Elizabeth Dole (i)
Pete Di Lauro
U.S. HOUSE
6th District
Democrat
Johnny J. Carter
Jay Ovittore
Teresa Sue Bratton
Republican
Howard Coble (i)
12th District
Democrat
Mel Watt (i)
Republican
Ty Cobb Jr.
13th District
Democrat
Brad Miller (i)
Derald Hafner
Republican
Hugh Webster
GOVERNOR
Democrat
Richard H. Moore
Dennis Nielsen
Bev Perdue
Republican
Bill Graham
Pat McCrory
Robert F. “Bob” Orr
E. Powers
Fred Smith
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Democrat
Dan Besse
Walter H. Dalton
Hampton Dellinger
Pat Smathers
Republican
Timothy Cook
Greg Dority
Robert Pittenger
Jim Snyder
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Democrat
Roy Cooper (i)
Republican
Bob Crumley
AUDITOR
Democrat
Beth A. Wood
Fred Aikens
Republican
Leslie Merritt (i)
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
Democrat
Ronnie Ansley
Republican
Steve Troxler (i)
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE
Democrat
Wayne Goodwin
David C. Smith
Republican
John Odom
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
Democrat
Robin Anderson
John C. Brooks
Mary Fant Donnan
Ty Richardson
Republican
Cherie Berry (i)
SECRETARY OF STATE
Democrat
Elaine F. Marshall (i)
Republican
Jack Sawyer
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Democrat
June St. Clair Atkinson (i)
Eddie Davis
Republican
Joe Johnson
Richard Morgan
Eric H. Smith
TREASURER
Democrat
Janet Cowell
Michael Weisel
David Young
Republican
Bill Daughtridge
N.C. SENATE
District 26
Democrat
None
Republican
Philip E. “Phil” Berger (i)
District 27
Democrat
Donald R. “Don” Vaughan
Republican
Joe Wilson
District 28
Democrat
Bruce Davis
Katie G. Dorsett (i)
Republican
None
District 33
Democrat
None
Republican
Stan Bingham (i)
N.C. HOUSE
District 57
Democrat
Mary Price “Pricey” Harrison (i)
Republican
None
District 58
Democrat
Alma Adams (i)
Republican
Olga Morgan Wright
District 59
Democrat
Maggie Jeffus (i)
Republican
Jim Rumley
District 60
Democrat
Earl Jones (i)
Republican
None
District 61
Democrat
None
Republican
George Ragsdale
Laura I. Wiley (i)
District 62
Democrat
None
Republican
John M. Blust (i)
SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
Edmunds seat
Robert H. “Bob” Edumunds Jr. (i)
Suzanne Reynolds
COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
Arrowood seat
John S. Arrowood
Robert N. “Bob” Hunter Jr.
Stephens seat
Dan Barrett
Linda Stephens (i)
Tyson seat
Sam J. Ervin IV
Janet Pueschel
Kristin Ruth
John M. Tyson
McCullough seat
Cheri Beasley
Doug McCullough
Wynn seat
Jewel Ann Farlow
Dean R. Poirier
James A. “Jim” Wynn (i)
Martin seat
John C. Martin (i)
DISTRICT COURT
District 18
Alloway seat
Sherry Fowler Alloway (i)
Bray seat
Susan E. Bray (i)
Burch seat
Susan R. Burch (i)
Tabatha Phillips Holliday
Falls seat
Robert Enochs
Linda L. Falls (i)
Angela C. Foster
Fletcher seat
Michelle Fletcher (i)
Hassell seat
Avery Michelle Crump
Greg Gorham
A. Robinson Hassell (i)
Hinnant seat
Patrice A. Hinnant (i)
Hunter seat
William K. “Pete” Hunter (i)
McSwain seat
Betty J. Brown
Lora Christine Cubbage
Charles L. “Chuck” White
Sizemore seat
Randle L. Jones
Polly D. Sizemore (i)
Barbara Gore Washington
Turner seat
Joseph E. Turner (i)
Vincent seat
Teresa Vincent (i)
GUILFORD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
At-large (two seats)
Democrat
Paul Gibson (i)
John Parks (i)
Republican
Rudy Binder
E.H. Hennis
Larry R. Proctor
Joseph W. Rahenkamp
Wendell H. Sawyer
District 4
Democrat
Kirk Perkins (i)
Republican
Eddie Souther
District 5
Democrat
None
Republican
Lisa Andrews
Rick Wallace
Billy Yow (i)
District 7
Democrat
None
Republican
Mike Winstead Jr. (i)
District 8
Democrat
Skip Alston (i)
Greg Woodard
Republican
None
GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
At-large (one seat)
Sandra Alexander
David Crawford
Alan Hawkes
Erik “E.C.” Huey
Michael McKinney
District 1
J. Carlvena Foster
District 3
Darlene Garrett (i)
Mike Stone
District 5
Paul Daniels
District 7
Kris B. Cooke (i)
District 9
Amos Quick III (i)
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Democrat
Jeff L. Thigpen (i)
Republican
None
BONDS
Eastern Guilford High School
How much: $45 million
Would provide: A new high school, which is already under construction, to replace the one that burned in 2006.
Guilford County Schools
How much: $412.3 million
Would provide: Four schools; 13 renovation and addition projects; improvements to athletics facilities at Dudley, Grimsley, High Point Central, Northwest, Page, Ragsdale, Southeast and Southwest high schools.
GTCC
How much: $79.5 million
Would provide: A $50.5 million northwest campus; a $6 million aviation training classroom; $23 million for a parking deck, HVAC renovation and land purchase near existing campuses for expansion.
Parks and recreation
How much: $20.2 million
Would provide: $6 million in athletics fields, parking, trails, playground equipment and picnic shelters for Bryan Park at Guilford County; $5 million Hagan-Stone Park renovations; $4 million to greenway construction; $1.2 million Triad Park venture with Forsyth County; $2 million for the miracle field for handicapped children in High Point; and $2 million for projects in central Greensboro that could include a skate park.
Guilford County jail
How much: $114.6 million
Would provide: A 968-bed jail that would receive bids for construction in late 2008.