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State Senator, 18th District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 3
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on North Carolina laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.

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Chris Stock

Republican

Former legislative staff member · Raleigh

The gist

Supports limits on property tax increases.
Supports higher teacher pay and keeping politics out of classrooms.
Supports ending cashless bail.
Supports farmland preservation and cutting red tape for farms.
Supports more funding for local infrastructure and utilities.

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Supports limits on property tax increases.
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“Chris is a strong advocate for legislation that limits property tax increases that are threatening to price neighbors out of their homes.”
Supports higher teacher pay and keeping politics out of classrooms.
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Campaign website · Friends of Chris Stock · stockfornc.com
“He is a strong advocate for increasing teacher pay, keeping politics out of our classrooms”
Supports ending cashless bail.
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“Ending cashless bail will keep violent criminals off our streets”
Supports farmland preservation and cutting red tape for farms.
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Campaign website · Friends of Chris Stock · stockfornc.com
“Chris supports legislation that preserves our farmland from development, keeps our food supply out of the hands of foreign adversaries”
Supports more funding for local infrastructure and utilities.
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Campaign website · Friends of Chris Stock · stockfornc.com
“Chris supports more funding for local projects to improve our infrastructure, transportation, water quality, and public utilities”

Brad Hessel

Libertarian

Knowledge management consultant · Raleigh

The gist

Proposes a bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus in the legislature.
Supports letting local governments use instant runoff voting.
Pledges to restrain government taxing and regulation.
Supports abolishing the state-run ABC liquor system.
Opposes exclusionary zoning that raises housing costs.

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Proposes a bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus in the legislature.
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“we need a nonpartisan Problem Solvers Caucus”
Supports letting local governments use instant runoff voting.
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“called for legislation to allow counties and municipalities to use instant runoff voting”
Pledges to restrain government taxing and regulation.
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“If elected I will work hard to restrain government from taking more of your money and telling you how to live your own life.”
Supports abolishing the state-run ABC liquor system.
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“Free consumers and distillers from oppressive government control”
Opposes exclusionary zoning that raises housing costs.
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“Status quo activists use exclusionary zoning”

Haseeb Fatmi

DemocraticIncumbent

State senator; attorney · Wake Forest

The gist

Opposes unchecked expansion of private school vouchers.
Supports loosening certificate-of-need rules to allow new hospitals.
Supports protecting Medicaid and Medicaid expansion.
Supports more funding and better pay for law enforcement.
Supports independent, nonpartisan redistricting.
Pledges to co-sponsor and vote to ratify the ERA.

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Opposes unchecked expansion of private school vouchers.
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“I oppose the unchecked expansion of private school vouchers”
Supports loosening certificate-of-need rules to allow new hospitals.
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“Lawmakers should also revisit our certificate of need laws and get rid of the red tape preventing hospitals from being built.”
Supports protecting Medicaid and Medicaid expansion.
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“The General Assembly must protect Medicaid and Medicaid expansion”
Supports more funding and better pay for law enforcement.
Platform - Haseeb Fatmi for NC Senate
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“we must increase funding for our local law enforcement and ensure we are treating them fairly, with adequate salaries and retention benefits”
Supports independent, nonpartisan redistricting.
Platform - Haseeb Fatmi for NC Senate
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“North Carolinians deserve legislative districts that reflect their communities, not gerrymandered maps carefully drawn to favor the Republican majority.”
Pledges to co-sponsor and vote to ratify the ERA.
2026 Candidate Survey - Equal Rights Amendment North Carolina Alliance
Candidate questionnaire · Equal Rights Amendment North Carolina Alliance · Jun 29, 2026 · N.C. Senate table … N.C. Senate table · era-nc.org
“A green checkmark means the candidate will co-sponsor and vote for the resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. … Haseeb Fatmi D ✅”

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