Early voting began this week in North Carolina’s primary elections, including for Guilford and Forsyth county commissions and boards of education.

Guilford County voters will also cast ballots for sheriff and district attorney, along with choosing party candidates for Senate, House and the state legislature.

There are city council primaries in Greensboro, with the General Election for council and mayor on July 26.

Early voting began Thursday and will run until 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. Election Day is May 17.

A recent Spectrum News/IPSOS poll found the biggest concerns for voters are rising prices and affordable housing. Questions about economic opportunity, public safety and housing prices are central topics in not just the Triangle but around North Carolina.

Here are the candidates running in Guilford and Forsyth counties. Click on the link where available for each candidate's website with more details on their platform.

 

Forsyth

Board of Commissioners At-Large

Democrats

 

Ted Kaplan

Dan Besse

 

Board of Commissioners District A

Democrats

 

Phil Carter

Fleming A. El-Amin

Tonya D. McDaniel

Shai Woodbury

 

Board of Education At-Large

Democrats

 

Sabrina Coone-Godfrey

Deanna Kaplan

Kimberly Stone

Richard Watts

Republicans

Robert Nunzio Capizzi

Allen Daniel

Tabitha Hackett

Michael Hardman

Millie Williams

Sarah Absher

Carolyn Albright

 

Board of Education District 1

Democrats

 

Chenita Barber Johnson

Ricky (Lightbulb) Johnson, Jr

Tarsha M. Shore

Alex B. Bohannon

Trevonia (BG) Brown-Gaither

 

Board of Education District 2

Republicans

 

Leah H. Crowley

Stanley M. Elrod

Lida Calvert Hayes

Jason Lucero

Susan Miller

Holly W. Pegram

Steve Wood

Robert Barr

Jimmie Boyd

 

Guilford

Sheriff

Democrats

 

Juan Monjaras

Therron J. (TJ) Phipps

Danny Rogers

Republicans

E.L. Melvin

Adam Perry Moore

Randy Powers

William (Billy) Queen

William White

Phil Byrd

 

District Attorney

Democrats

 

Avery Michelle Crump

Brenton J. Boyce

 

Board of Commissioners At-Large

Democrats

 

Kay Cashion

Greg Drumwright

Republicans

Alvin Robinson

Jerry Alan Branson

 

Board of Commissioners District 2

Republicans

 

Alan Perdue

Stephen (Steve) Arnold

 

Board of Commissioners District 3

Republicans

 

George McClellan

Dan Suter

Pat Tillman

 

Board of Commissioners District 7

Democrats

 

Anthony Izzard

Frankie T. Jones, Jr

Lisa McMillan

Republicans

Kenny Abbe

Karen Coble Albright

 

Board of Education District 2

Republicans

 

Crissy Pratt

Marc Ridgill

 

Board of Education District 6

Republicans

 

Matthew R. Kuennen

Tim Andrew

 

Greensboro mayor

Mark Timothy Cummings

 

Justin Outling

Eric Robert

Nancy Vaughan

 

Greensboro City Council At-Large

Marikay Abuzuaiter

 

Taffy L. Buchanan

Melodi Fentress

Tracy Furman

Hugh Holston

Franca Jalloh

Yvonne J. Johnson

Dustin Keene

Katie Rossabi

Linda Wilson

 

Greensboro City Council District 1

Felton Foushee

 

Sharon Hightower

Timothy Kirkpatrick

 

Greensboro City Council District 2

Cecile (CC) Crawford

 

LaToya Bernice Gathers

Portia Shipman

Goldie Wells

 

Greensboro City Council District 3

Bill Marshburn

 

Zack Matheny

Chip Roth

 

Greensboro City Council District 5

Robert Bodenhamer

 

Tammi Z. Thurm

Tony Wilkins