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After he graduated, he became a trial attorney and later worked for the Social Security Administration, where he advocated for one of our country’s most important programs helping people in need. He then clerked for a federal judge handling bankruptcy cases and witnessed first-hand the suffering of families buried in medical debt and farmers during an economic recession. Haseeb has continued his work as an attorney, and he provides pro bono legal services to clients who need representation on social security, domestic violence, and civil rights matters. He also followed in his mother’s footsteps by becoming an educator, teaching trial advocacy at Campbell Law School.

Meet Haseeb | Haseeb Fatmi for NC Senate

Haseeb currently works as an attorney and teaches trial advocacy at Campbell Law School. He previously worked as a trial attorney for the Social Security Administration and as a clerk for a federal judge handling bankruptcy cases.

Mr. Fatmi was elected to a four-year-term on the BOC in November 2025 and sworn in on December 16, 2025. On May 14, 2026, local Democratic Party leaders nominated Mr. Fatmi to complete the remaining term of former State Sen. Everitt. On Thursday, Gov. Josh Stein formally appointed Mr. Fatmi to fill the Senate District 18 seat. He resigned his BOC seat earlier today leaving it vacant with nearly four years remaining on his unexpired term.

Commissioner Fatmi resigns, Board of Commissioners to discuss filling vacancy June 2 | Town of Wake Forest, NC

Haseeb currently serves as a state senator for North Carolina's 18th District after Gov. Josh Stein appointed him in 2026 to fill the seat's remaining term. He was elected to a four-year term on the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners in November 2025.

2026 North Carolina General Election

From grocery costs to gas prices, energy bills to rent and mortgage payments, it’s getting harder for North Carolina families to make ends meet. One of the General Assembly’s top priorities should be lowering the cost of living, and there are real, practical ways to do it: reducing the tax burden on working families, investing in affordable childcare, holding energy companies and large corporations accountable when they exploit consumers, and expanding access to affordable housing. Our elected officials should focus on putting more money in your pocket—not in the hands of the corporations and special interest groups that fund their campaigns.

Platform | Haseeb Fatmi for NC Senate

At the same time, we must invest in strengthening our economy and workforce for decades to come. Supporting small businesses, promoting working conditions and employees’ rights, expanding workforce development programs, and creating more apprenticeship opportunities through our community colleges will help connect people with well-paying jobs while ensuring employers have access to the skilled workforce they need. Building a stronger economy requires both immediate relief for families and long-term planning for future generations.

Supports reducing taxes on working families, investing in affordable child care and housing, and holding energy companies and large corporations accountable for consumer exploitation.

Supports small businesses, employee rights, workforce-development programs, and community-college apprenticeships.

- Supports reducing taxes on working families, investing in affordable child care and housing, and holding energy companies and large corporations accountable for consumer exploitation.
- Supports small businesses, employee rights, workforce-development programs, and community-college apprenticeships.

Economy

Every North Carolinian deserves to feel safe and secure in their communities. In the legislature, we must increase funding for our local law enforcement and ensure we are treating them fairly, with adequate salaries and retention benefits. The same goes for our correctional officers and state highway patrol officers, who are grappling with high vacancy rates.

In the legislature, we must increase funding for our local law enforcement and ensure we are treating them fairly, with adequate salaries and retention benefits. The same goes for our correctional officers and state highway patrol officers, who are grappling with high vacancy rates. We must also work closely with our courts and law enforcement agencies, including our District Attorneys, to ensure that our communities are safe.

Everyone deserves to feel safe in their neighborhoods. Haseeb supports equipping local law enforcement with the resources they need to keep us safe, including fair pay and retention benefits. He also believes we must invest in mental health support and implement commonsense gun safety laws to effectively protect our communities.

Haseeb Fatmi for NC Senate

Supports increased funding, pay, and retention benefits for local law enforcement, correctional officers, and state highway patrol officers.

Supports mental-health services and gun-safety laws.

- Supports increased funding, pay, and retention benefits for local law enforcement, correctional officers, and state highway patrol officers.
- Supports mental-health services and gun-safety laws.

Public Safety

No North Carolinian should have to choose between seeing a doctor and paying their bills. Access to affordable healthcare is essential not only for individual families, but also for the strength of our workforce and economy. The General Assembly must protect Medicaid and Medicaid expansion—not only because they provide coverage for those who rely on them directly, but because expanding access to preventive care reduces strain on emergency rooms and helps lower healthcare costs for everyone.

We must also address the healthcare deserts that exist in too many parts of our state. No family should have to drive an hour to deliver a baby, receive emergency care, or see a primary care doctor. North Carolina should invest in healthcare infrastructure that meets the needs of both rural communities and rapidly growing suburban and urban areas where existing providers are struggling to keep up with demand.

Calls for revisiting certificate-of-need laws and removing barriers to building hospitals.

Lawmakers should also revisit our certificate of need laws and get rid of the red tape preventing hospitals from being built. Here in District 18, residents and local advocates have spent years pushing for a hospital in Wake Forest to better serve Northern Wake and Granville counties, only to be repeatedly blocked by the current certificate of need process. The General Assembly should modernize these requirements so communities with demonstrated need can attract new providers and expand access to care.

Supports protecting Medicaid and Medicaid expansion.

Supports investing in healthcare infrastructure for rural, suburban, and urban communities.

- Supports protecting Medicaid and Medicaid expansion.
- Supports investing in healthcare infrastructure for rural, suburban, and urban communities.

Healthcare

We must fully fund our public school systems, and that includes paying our teachers what they deserve. Our teachers are expected to do more with less every year, managing overcrowded classrooms with limited resources while earning salaries that have failed to keep pace with inflation. If North Carolina wants to recruit and retain excellent educators, we must offer competitive pay and provide them with the support they need to succeed.

We must fully fund our public school systems, and that includes paying our teachers what they deserve. Our teachers are expected to do more with less every year, managing overcrowded classrooms with limited resources while earning salaries that have failed to keep pace with inflation. If North Carolina wants to recruit and retain excellent educators, we must offer competitive pay and provide them with the support they need to succeed. I oppose the unchecked expansion of private school vouchers, which divert taxpayer dollars away from public schools toward private institutions that are not held to the same standards of transparency or accountability. Too often, these vouchers benefit families who already have the means to pay private school tuition. Public dollars should go to public schools, plain and simple.

Supports fully funding public schools, including competitive teacher pay.

Opposes unchecked expansion of private-school vouchers.

- Supports fully funding public schools, including competitive teacher pay.
- Opposes unchecked expansion of private-school vouchers.

Education

For too long, our rural communities have been overlooked while resources and investment flow elsewhere. I will fight to ensure that every part of our district receives the infrastructure investments they need, including improvements to roads, broadband access, water and sewer systems, and economic development. That includes protecting our natural resources in these areas, like Smith Creek and Kerr Lake.

Right now, we’re seeing water disputes over access to Kerr Lake, as well as conflicts between developers and local communities affecting our natural and green spaces. I will work to protect these natural areas and ensure that overdevelopment does not come at the expense of our local communities.

Plans to protect Smith Creek, Kerr Lake, and other natural areas from harmful overdevelopment.

- Plans to protect Smith Creek, Kerr Lake, and other natural areas from harmful overdevelopment.

Energy & the Environment

As of September 2, 2026, Haseeb Fatmi’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

North Carolinians deserve legislative districts that reflect their communities, not gerrymandered maps carefully drawn to favor the Republican majority. More than 85 percent of North Carolinians support independent, nonpartisan redistricting because they understand a simple principle: voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around.

Your government should work for YOU, not special interests. As your State Senator, Haseeb is committed to listening and putting residents first. He'll support legislation to implement fair maps, increase transparency in state government, and address corruption.

I also believe that every eligible voter deserves the opportunity to make their voice heard. That’s why I’m fighting to protect early voting, preserve polling places on college campuses and in underserved communities, and to ensure the State Board of Elections has the funding, staffing, and resources necessary to administer secure and fair elections.

Supports independent, nonpartisan redistricting and legislation to implement fair maps.

Plans to protect early voting, preserve polling places in college and underserved communities, and fund the State Board of Elections.

- Supports independent, nonpartisan redistricting and legislation to implement fair maps.
- Plans to protect early voting, preserve polling places in college and underserved communities, and fund the State Board of Elections.

Voting & Elections

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