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Joy L Stein

Joy L Stein

Office history

County School Board Member — Cherokee County, NC
2026
general

Current office and 2026 campaign

Joy L Stein is the Democratic candidate for one of two seats on the Cherokee County Board of Education, District 3 (Hiwassee Dam), unopposed in her own primary. She faces Republican incumbents Jason Murphy and Shannon Raper and unaffiliated candidate Carmen Owens Garland on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for the two available seats 1.

Background

According to the North Carolina voter file, Stein is a registered voter in Cherokee County, North Carolina, registered since 1997 (29 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic 2.

The voter file shows Stein's year of birth as 1961; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record 2.

The voter history file shows 8 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2024-11-05 general election 3.

Sources

3. North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (ncvhis_Statewide), published at dl.ncsbe.gov

Public filings

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