Early voting begins Thursday, April 28 and ends May 14.

There are three early voting sites in Carteret County: Board of Elections in Beaufort, Fort Benjamin in Newport, and Western Park in Cedar Point.

Recommended candidates are:

US Senate Ted Budd

US House Tony Cowden

NC State Senate District 1 Norman Sanderson

NC State House District 13 Celeste Cairns

Carteret County Commissioner District 1 David Quinn

Carteret County Commissioner District 2 Chuck Shinn

Carteret County Commissioner District 3 Mark Mansfield

Carteret County Commissioner District 6 Chris Chadwick

Carteret County Board of Education District 1 Dana Vinson Mull

Carteret County Board of Education District District 3 Clark Jenkins

Carteret County Board of Education District 5 Brittany Wheatley

Carteret County Board of Education District 6 Kathryn Smith Chadwick

Carteret County Clerk of Court Ken Raper

Carteret County Register of Deeds Karen S. Hardesty

Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck

Supreme Court 3 Richard Dietz

Supreme Court 5 April C. Wood

Court of Appeals 8 Jules Tate Flood

Court of Appeals 9 Beth Freshwater Smith

Court of Appeals 10 John M. Tyson

Court of Appeals 11 Michael J. Stading