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State Senator, 49th District
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Julie Mayfield

Candidate for State Senator, 49th District

DemocraticIncumbent

Background

Occupation
State senator; attorney
Lives in
Asheville
Campaign website
mayfieldforncsenate.com

State senator for District 49 (Buncombe County), in her third term, and secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus. An environmental lawyer, she led the conservation group MountainTrue (formerly the Western North Carolina Alliance).

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Photo: Official portrait — North Carolina General Assembly

Documented positions

Public safety

  • Sponsored allowing extreme risk protection orders for firearms.In office

    Primary sponsor, with Sen. Bradley, of Senate Bill 406 ("Allow ERPOs to Prevent Suicides & Save Lives.").

    Senate Bill 406 (2025-2026 session), as filed: Allow ERPOs to Prevent Suicides & Save Lives.

    Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · S.B. 406, long title · ncleg.gov

    “AN ACT to authorize the issuance of an extreme risk protection order to restrict temporarily a person's access to firearms”
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Education

  • Opposes the voucher expansion; supports an income cap.

    Asked by the Public School Forum whether she supports the voucher expansion: "No I did not. We should not be providing vouchers to people who were already sending their kids to private school, and there should be an income cap."

    2026 NCGA Candidate Survey response: Julie Mayfield

    Candidate questionnaire · Public School Forum of North Carolina · Question 4 · ncforum.org

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Health & human services

Government & transparency

  • Supports giving local governments more authority from Raleigh.

    Issues: Julie Mayfield for NC Senate

    Campaign website · Julie Mayfield for NC Senate · mayfieldforncsenate.com

    “I've voted for and introduced multiple bills to unchain local governments from what legislative leaders in Raleigh think is best”
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Courts & justice

  • Sponsored repealing North Carolina's death penalty.In office

    Primary sponsor, with Sens. Meyer and Murdock, of Senate Bill 94 ("Repeal Death Penalty."); death sentences would become life without parole.

    Senate Bill 94 (2025-2026 session), as filed: Repeal Death Penalty.

    Government record · North Carolina General Assembly · S.B. 94, long title · ncleg.gov

    “AN ACT to repeal the death penalty and to provide that all current prisoners sentenced to death shall be resentenced to life imprisonment”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Julie Mayfield on them.

  • Roads & infrastructureNo documented position found.

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