Candidate Lists

Overview

The State Board of Elections provides candidate lists in several formats for voters, advocacy groups, political parties, candidates, and the public. When they are available for any election, you will find links to them on this page. Additionally, this page contains referendum lists for recent elections.

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Candidate List Files

Candidate lists are available at the start of candidate filing periods and are updated daily during the filing period. To see when each PDF was generated, see the time stamp at the bottom of each PDF page. Find more information about each list type below.

Note: These lists are not always final, as lists can change for many reasons and filing periods for some offices are held at different times than others for the same election.

Candidate List Spreadsheets 

Files provide candidate information by county for all contests in an election.

• What’s included? They include the date of the election, county name, contest name (Example: NC Governor), name of the candidate on the ballot, as well as the candidate’s address, phone number(s), date of filing and political party. The file also includes information about the contest, such as whether there is a primary, whether the race is partisan, how many candidates’ voters will vote for in that contest, and how long the term of office is for that seat. See the layout file for details. Files specified as containing email addresses include available candidate email addresses.
• When do the files become available? Files without email addresses are available at the start of the filing period and are updated daily during the filing period. They are also updated as needed before an election. Files with email addresses typically become available sometime after the start of the candidate filing period and are updated as needed before an election.

Candidate Lists by Contest

These PDFs are sorted by contest (U.S. President, U.S. Senate, etc.).

• What’s included? They include the contest name, the candidates’ names and names on ballots, as well as the candidates’ filing date, the address, and filing political party. These lists do not include candidates’ phone numbers or email addresses.
• When do the files become available? Files are typically available soon after the start of the filing period and are updated daily during the filing period. The date of the last update is located on the bottom left corner of each page of the PDF.

Candidate Detail Lists

These PDFs are sorted by county.

• What’s included? They include the contest name, the candidates’ names and names on ballots, the date of filing and political party of the candidates, and the residential and mailing addresses and phone numbers of the candidates. These lists do not include candidates’ email addresses.
• When do the files become available? Files are typically available soon after the start of the filing period and are updated daily during the filing period. The date of the last update is located on the bottom left corner of each page of the PDF.

2025 Candidate Lists

*Contests will be populated with data as the filing period progresses, and will be updated throughout the candidate filing period

Historical Candidate Lists

Referendum List Files

As they become available, we will post lists containing referendum choices for a given election, grouped by county and referendum. The date of the last update is located on the bottom left corner of each page of the PDF.