2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

North Carolina Senate District 50

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Kevin Corbin

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Senator, District 50
Work
Owner, Corbin Insurance Agency, Inc.; state senator since 2021

Kevin Corbin is the sitting State Senator for District 50 in the North Carolina General Assembly, a district that includes all or part of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain and Transylvania counties; the member page lists 3 terms in the Senate.

Kevin Corbin owns Corbin Insurance Agency, Inc. Kevin Corbin served on the Macon County Commission and Macon County School Board and in the North Carolina House (2017-2021) before his election to the Senate in 2020.

Corbin's committees

  • Appropriations on Education/Higher Education (Chairman)
  • Appropriations on Health and Human Services
  • Appropriations/Base Budget
  • Commerce and Insurance
  • Education/Higher Education (Chairman)
  • Health Care
  • Pensions and Retirement and Aging
  • Select Committee on Property Tax Reform
  • State and Local Government
  • Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee (Vice Chair)
  • Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety
  • Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government
  • Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Capital Improvements

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Tom Downing

Democratic

Work
City of Asheville finance department employee; former special education teacher

Tom Downing works in the City of Asheville's finance department and previously worked in the mayor's and city manager's offices and as a special education teacher. Tom Downing holds a master's degree in public affairs from Western Carolina University (2010); this is his first run for public office.

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