2026 North Carolina General Election

Tim Merrick

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Tim is a certified executive coach. He also serves on nonprofit boards. 

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Tim is currently a member of the New Hanover County Board of Education.

Supports raising wages, supporting local businesses, reducing healthcare costs, and building communities for working families.

Economy

As of January 5, 2026, Tim Merrick’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports affordable healthcare and safeguarding essential programs for families, seniors, and children.

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

Public Safety

Supports advocating for increased funding for public education, holding county commissioners accountable, and reducing administrative costs to better support teachers and students. Opposes the diversion of public funds to private schools through tax vouchers.

Said, "The board’s focus needs to shift to securing resources that put more adults in our school buildings, and treating educators as professionals. I’d like to see a more robust district-wide volunteer recruitment and training program to place volunteers where they are most needed. This could be facilitated through a universal PTA program that also shares resources across the district."

For Candidate Tim Merrick on Issue education: Supports increasing funding for public schools to ensure student and teacher safety, addressing larger class sizes caused by inadequate funding.

Said, "The politics behind changes in policies 3200 and 7300 that limit what can be displayed in classrooms likewise have no benefit for our children’s education and are unnecessarily restrictive to teachers as there is an inherent threat of reprisal."

Opposes prioritizing vouchers for private schools over providing adequate mental health counselors in schools.

For Candidate Tim Merrick on Issue education: Supports addressing teacher morale and pay, literacy gaps, and opposes banning books and other educational materials.

Education

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Dane Scalise

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