2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

North Carolina Senate District 40

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Bobbie Shields

Republican

Work: Owner and manager, SHEILB PLLC (engineering consulting); former Mecklenburg County general manager

Bobbie Shields owns the engineering and management consulting firm SHEILB PLLC, was a general manager for Mecklenburg County and was a design engineer at Duke Power. Bobbie Shields holds engineering degrees from NC State and the University of South Carolina and an MBA from UNC Charlotte, and ran for state Senate in 2018, 2020 and 2022.

Sources for Shields

Bobbie Shields candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Bobbie Shields candidate profile (Branch, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Joyce Waddell

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 40
Work: Retired Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teacher and administrator; state senator since 2015

Joyce Waddell is the sitting State Senator for District 40 in the North Carolina General Assembly, a district that includes all or part of Mecklenburg County; the member page lists 6 terms in the Senate.

Joyce Waddell worked as a teacher and administrator in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and served on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (elected 2009 and 2013). Joyce Waddell was first elected to the North Carolina Senate in 2014 and holds a Ph.D. from UNC Greensboro.

Waddell's committees

Appropriations on Education/Higher Education
Appropriations/Base Budget
Finance
Health Care
Pensions and Retirement and Aging
Rules and Operations of the Senate
Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee
Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations
Legislative Research Commission
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services
Governmental Operations, Subcommittee on Hurricane Response and Recovery

Sources for Waddell

Joyce Waddell: 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)
Joyce Waddell 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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