2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

North Carolina Senate District 16

3 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Gale Adcock

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 16
Work: Nurse practitioner; state legislator

Gale Adcock is the sitting State Senator for District 16 in the North Carolina General Assembly, a district that includes all or part of Wake County; the member page lists 2 terms in the Senate.

Gale Adcock is a nurse practitioner who has served as chief health officer at SAS Institute and taught as adjunct faculty at Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill and East Carolina University. Gale Adcock served on the Cary Town Council (2007-2014) and in the North Carolina House (2015-2022) before her election to the Senate in 2022.

Adcock's committees

Appropriations on Health and Human Services
Commerce and Insurance
Finance
Health Care
Rules and Operations of the Senate
State and Local Government
Revenue Laws Study Committee
North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid

Sources for Adcock

Gale Adcock: official member information (North Carolina General Assembly, Public record)
North Carolina General Assembly: committee information (North Carolina General Assembly, Public record)
North Carolina General Assembly: current member roster (North Carolina General Assembly, Public record)
Gale Adcock candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Gale Adcock candidate profile (Branch, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Philip Hensley

Republican

Work: Owner, Tobacconists of Cary

Philip Hensley owns Tobacconists of Cary, a cigar store, and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Philip Hensley ran for House District 11 in 2024.

Sources for Hensley

Philip Hensley candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Philip Hensley candidate profile (Branch, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Jonathan D. Miller

Libertarian

Work: Carpenter and small retail business owner (Cary)

Jonathan D. Miller has worked in carpentry and owned several small retail businesses for most of the past 20 years and has lived in Wake County since 2007. This is his first run for public office.

Sources for Miller

Meet Jonathan (Jonathan D. Miller campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Jonathan D. Miller candidate profile (Branch, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Candidate List Grouped by Contest, 11/03/2026 general election (federal and state) (North Carolina State Board of Elections, Public record)

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