Asheville: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state, county and City of Asheville offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (open Tillis seat); U.S. Representative NC-11 (Edwards not on the ballot); NC Senate District 49 and NC House District 116 (City Hall; HD-114 and possibly HD-115 also cover parts of the city); NC Supreme Court / Court of Appeals; Buncombe County commissioners, sheriff, clerk, district attorney, judges, soil and water, Buncombe County Schools board; and the CITY OF ASHEVILLE: Mayor (Manheimer vs Roney) and City Council (three seats; six candidates). No Governor race (next 2028)..
Holding office13
the sitting council
On the ballot18
7 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Asheville is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): North Carolina's 11th congressional district (City Hall and every sampled point in the city) — Chuck Edwards (Republican)
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Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esther E. Manheimer ✉️ Elected | Mayor → Running | Independent | City of Asheville | |
| Kim Roney ✉️ Elected | Council Member → Running for Mayor | Independent | City of Asheville |
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Council Member
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Hess ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | At-Large | City of Asheville |
| Sage Turner ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | At-Large | City of Asheville |
| Maggie Ullman ✉️ Elected | Council Member → Running | Independent | At-Large | City of Asheville |
| S. Antanette Mosley ✉️ Elected | Vice Mayor → Running for Council Member | Independent | At-Large | City of Asheville |
| Sheneika Smith ✉️ Elected | Council Member → Running | Independent | At-Large | City of Asheville |
| Drew Ball | Council Member Running | Independent | At-Large | NC State Board of Elections |
| Jeffrey Burroughs | Council Member Running | Independent | At-Large | NC State Board of Elections |
| Keith Young | Council Member Running | Independent | At-Large | NC State Board of Elections |
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Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Stein Elected unofficial | Governor | Democratic | NC State Board of Elections |
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State Representative — HD-116
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Turner Elected acclaimed unofficial | State Representative → Running | Democratic | NC State Board of Elections |
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State Senator — SD-49
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Mayfield Elected unofficial | State Senator → Running | Democratic | NC State Board of Elections | |
| CJ Domingo | State Senator Running | Republican | NC State Board of Elections |
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U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Budd Elected | U.S. Senator | Republican | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov returned HTTP 403 in earlier NC runs | |
| Thom Tillis Elected | U.S. Senator | Republican | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov returned HTTP 403 in earlier NC runs | |
| Michael Dublin | U.S. Senator Running | Green | NC State Board of Elections | |
| Michael Whatley | U.S. Senator Running | Republican | NC State Board of Elections | |
| Roy Cooper | U.S. Senator Running | Democratic | NC State Board of Elections | |
| Shannon W. Bray | U.S. Senator Running | Libertarian | NC State Board of Elections |
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U.S. Representative — NC-11
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Edwards Elected | U.S. Representative | Republican | U.S. House of Representatives | |
| Jamie Ager | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | NC State Board of Elections | |
| Jennifer Capps Balkcom | U.S. Representative Running | Republican | NC State Board of Elections | |
| Travis Groo | U.S. Representative Running | Libertarian | NC State Board of Elections |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Region check: local/data/us-asheville.json is Asheville, North Carolina (centre 35.5842,-82.5657).
- Municipal: Mayor and six Council Members from https://www.ashevillenc.gov/government/meet-city-council/ and each member's page (retrieved 2026-10-31), which print the term ('Term: December 2022 - December 2026' etc.) and an @avlcouncil.com address (official council-member addresses linked from the City site; kept). Council is elected at-large and non-partisan (party null). Mosley is Vice Mayor. Portraits linked (og:image), not copied.
- City election 2026: the Buncombe section of the NCSBE all-contest list (report dated Oct 13, 2026) has CITY OF ASHEVILLE MAYOR (Esther Manheimer, Kim Roney) and CITY OF ASHEVILLE CITY COUNCIL (Drew Ball, Maggie Ullman Berthiaume, Jeffrey Burroughs, S. Antanette Mosley, Sheneika E. Smith, Keith Young). The three Council seats ending December 2026 (Mosley, Ullman, Smith) are up; the list does not print the vote-for number — three seats inferred from the terms on the City pages. Roney's council term runs to 2028; she is running for Mayor.
- Districts: Census coordinate lookup at City Hall (35.5954,-82.5495) gave CD-11, State Senate 49, State House 116 (2026 layers). An 8x8 grid over 35.49-35.67 N, 82.45-82.68 W put only 13 points inside "Asheville city": CD-11 and SD-49 on all 13; HD-116 (12), HD-114 (1). The sample is thin for an irregular city; HD-115 may also touch it. Only City Hall's legislators are recorded.
- Federal: NC-11 member from https://www.house.gov/representatives (robots allows; retrieved 2026-10-31) — Chuck Edwards (R). He is NOT on the 2026 general list; the NC-11 candidates are Jennifer Capps Balkcom (REP, filed 08/11/2026), Jamie Ager (DEM), Travis Groo (LIB). Senators, the four U.S. Senate candidates and Governor Stein carried from us-greensboro; the Senate list was re-read 2026-10-31.
- State: ncleg.gov answers a Cloudflare challenge (HTTP 403 "Attention Required!") even for robots.txt — not bypassed. Mayfield (SD-49) and Turner (HD-116) taken from the NCSBE official 2024 general precinct results (results_pct_20241105.zip, 3.7 MB, deleted after reading) and marked unofficial. Turner is unopposed in 2026 (acclaimed: true is set for the unopposed flag; he is still on the ballot).
- Candidates: NCSBE '2026 General Candidate List by Contest' — Federal and State Only, and the all-contest version (both S3 Last-Modified 2026-10-13). 'Name on Ballot' used as name. The lists print home/mailing addresses — not copied. Buncombe County, school board, judicial and soil-and-water contests not recorded as people. Write-ins excluded.
- Robots/terms: www.ashevillenc.gov robots.txt allows all; house.gov allows /representatives; s3.amazonaws.com returns 403 AccessDenied for /robots.txt (no rules published) — the public NCSBE download files were fetched; geocoding.geo.census.gov no robots.txt (404). Blocked: ncleg.gov (Cloudflare). standsFor null throughout.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-31. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- NC State Board of Elections — 2026 General Candidate List by Contest, Federal and State Only (file dated 2026-10-13) 8
- NC State Board of Elections — 2026 General Candidate List by Contest, all contests (Buncombe Board of Elections section, report dated Oct 13, 2026) 3
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov returned HTTP 403 in earlier NC runs 2
- City of Asheville — Meet City Council (Bo Hess) 1
- U.S. House of Representatives — Directory of Representatives ('11th Edwards, Chuck') 1
- NC State Board of Elections — 2024 General Election results (NC GOVERNOR); governor.nc.gov returned 'Access denied' in earlier NC runs 1
- City of Asheville — Meet City Council (Sage Turner) 1
- NC State Board of Elections — 2024 General Election precinct results (NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 116) 1
- City of Asheville — Meet City Council (Esther E. Manheimer) 1
- NC State Board of Elections — 2024 General Election precinct results (NC STATE SENATE DISTRICT 49); ncleg.gov is behind a Cloudflare challenge 1
- City of Asheville — Meet City Council (Kim Roney) 1
- City of Asheville — Meet City Council (Maggie Ullman) 1
- City of Asheville — Meet City Council (S. Antanette Mosley) 1
- City of Asheville — Meet City Council (Sheneika Smith) 1