2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

North Carolina Senate District 46

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Warren Daniel

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Senator, District 46
Work
Attorney, Daniel Law Firm; Army veteran; state senator since 2011

Warren Daniel is the sitting State Senator for District 46 in the North Carolina General Assembly, a district that includes all or part of Buncombe, Burke and McDowell counties; the member page lists 8 terms in the Senate.

Warren Daniel is an attorney at the Daniel Law Firm and served six years in the U.S. Army after graduating from West Point; he holds a law degree from UNC. Warren Daniel was first elected to the North Carolina Senate in 2010.

Daniel's committees

  • Appropriations on Justice and Public Safety (Chairman)
  • Appropriations/Base Budget
  • Elections (Chairman)
  • Finance
  • Judiciary (Chairman)
  • Pensions and Retirement and Aging
  • Rules and Operations of the Senate (Vice Chairman)
  • Select Committee on Nominations
  • Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations
  • Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety
  • Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee
  • Revenue Laws Study Committee
  • Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee (Co-Chair)
  • Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance
  • Governmental Operations, Subcommittee on Hurricane Response and Recovery
  • Governmental Operations, Subcommittee on Prisons

Sources for Daniel

Kyle Whisnant

Democratic

Work
Small business owner (Morganton)

Kyle Whisnant is a small business owner in Morganton and ran for Burke County commissioner in 2022.

Sources for Whisnant

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