North Carolina general election: November 3, 2026

Who is running for Clerk of Superior Court in 2026?

Here are the candidates for Clerk of Superior Court on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Mecklenburg County.

This office runs county services rather than voting on the quiz issues, so we show each candidate's experience and record instead of an issue match.

Elisa Chinn Gary

Democrat · Incumbent

Clerk of Superior Court, Mecklenburg County

Elisa Chinn Gary, who also writes her name Chinn-Gary, has been Mecklenburg County's Clerk of Superior Court and judge of probate since December 2014²³. Before that she was the administrator of the Mecklenburg Family Court for more than a decade². She is unopposed on the November 2026 ballot¹.

Clerk of Superior Court and Judge of Probate, Mecklenburg County, since December 2014²³
Administrator, Mecklenburg Family Court, 2001 to 2015; juvenile defender, Council for Children's Rights, 2000 to 2001; attorney advocate, North Carolina Guardian ad Litem program, 1999 to 2002; adjunct professor, Charlotte School of Law, 2010 to 2015²
B.A., Winston-Salem State University, 1996; J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 1999; master's degree in social work, University of North Carolina, 2000²
First elected in November 2014 and took office that December; reelected in 2018 and 2022²³. Her 2026 Democratic primary was canceled because no one filed against her³.

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