Meet the candidates running for the North Carolina State Senate District 46 in Buncombe, McDowell and Burke counties

Mayfield said she wants to continue to lead North Carolina into a "clean energy future" through mandated carbon reduction, such as in the bipartisan House Bill 951 that she helped pass, while also protecting low-income residents in the transition.

The 115 District, like all North Carolina state legislative districts, has been redrawn by Republican legislators. The new version of the 115th will cover western, northern and northeastern Buncombe County.

With lots of the attorney general's work dealing with legal matters, candidates must be lawyers. Previously held offices: North Carolina senator for District 37, assistant district attorney Profession: U.

After incumbent Catherine Truitt lost in the primary, the race for superintendent of public instruction was set. Learn about the November candidates.