Buncombe County Commission, District 3

General election

November 3, 2026

On the ballot

Unopposed

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  Al Whitesides

  County Commissioner, District 1, Democratic

  • On the County Commission since Dec. 2016

  Photo: Buncombe County

  Service record

  Sitting County Commissioner. 12 covered commission decisions. Moved 2.

  In their words

  • “When I go out and convince people to vote for the bonds, they’re voting for these bonds so that we use this money to really start to help affordable housing — and to reuse the money, not to tie it up forever,”

    Said in an official proceeding, Asheville Citizen Times (via AOL syndication)2026 general election campaignOct 8, 2026

    Read it in context

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Photos are official portraits for officeholders and campaign-site photos for challengers, cropped the same way for everyone. Candidate lists come from the State Board of Elections file for the Nov. 3 general election.