State
State Senator, 36th District
- Vote for
- 1
- Term
- 2 years
- Candidates
- 2
- Election
- Nov 3, 2026
What this office does: A state senator votes on North Carolina laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.
Taxes & budget
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic
No documented position found.
Eddie SettleRepublican
- Pledges never to support a tax increase.
Education
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic
No documented position found.
Eddie SettleRepublican
- Opposes teaching critical race theory in NC schools.
Housing
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic
No documented position found.
Eddie SettleRepublican
- Sponsored faster law-enforcement removal of squatters.In office
Environment & parks
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic
No documented position found.
Eddie SettleRepublican
- Sponsored banning geoengineering such as cloud seeding.In office
Health & human services
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic
No documented position found.
Eddie SettleRepublican
- Supports the rights of the unborn; opposes abortion.
Government & transparency
Trevor Cole HardwickDemocratic
- Opposes all three 2026 state constitutional amendments.
- Opposes the mail-in ballot photo ID amendment.
Eddie SettleRepublican
- Sponsored limiting the attorney general's suits against presidential orders.In office
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