2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

North Carolina Senate District 12

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Tanya White Anderson

Democratic

Work
Retired; former vice president, National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees

Tanya White Anderson is retired and formerly served as a vice president of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees. Tanya White Anderson holds degrees from Campbell University and Webster University and ran for Senate District 12 in 2024.

Sources for Anderson

Jim Burgin

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Senator, District 12
Work
President and owner, C&D Insurance; state senator

Jim Burgin is the sitting State Senator for District 12 in the North Carolina General Assembly, a district that includes all or part of Harnett, Lee and Sampson counties; the member page lists 4 terms in the Senate.

Jim Burgin owns C&D Insurance, chairs New Horizon Insurance Group, is president of B.C. Property, Inc. and is a partner in John Hiester Automotive. Jim Burgin served as a Harnett County commissioner (2008-2016) and was first elected to the state Senate in 2018.

Burgin's committees

  • Agriculture, Energy, and Environment
  • Appropriations on Health and Human Services (Chairman)
  • Appropriations/Base Budget
  • Finance
  • Health Care (Chairman)
  • Pensions and Retirement and Aging
  • Select Committee on Property Tax Reform
  • State and Local Government
  • Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations
  • North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force
  • Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology
  • Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services (Co-Chair)
  • Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy
  • Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid

Sources for Burgin

Sources

Candidate list and race details

What's included
U.S. Senate and House, statewide offices, every state legislative district on the ballot and statewide ballot measures.
Everything else
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: vt.ncsbe.gov.
Candidate lists
As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

This is not an official ballot. Confirm your registration, polling place and ballot with your election office through vote.gov.