Kyle Stogoski

Republican Party

Wake County Board of Commissioners At-Large · Wake County, North Carolina · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: Mona Singh (Democratic Party), Christine Kushner (Democratic Party), Gary Dale Hartong (Republican Party)

Kyle Stogoski is a first-time Republican candidate for one of Wake County's two new at-large commissioner seats, running on fiscal-accountability measures like zero-based budgeting and independent audits. He advanced to the general election when the Republican primary went uncontested. No public position on the county's school and Wake Tech bond referendums or the property tax rate was found.

What this office decides

The Wake County Board of Commissioners adopts the county budget and property tax rate and decides how much local money goes to the public schools, Wake Tech, the sheriff and jail, social services, public health, libraries, and parks. It also decides which bond referendums go before voters, including the school and community college bonds on this ballot. These two at-large seats are new, as the board grows from seven to nine members; voters across the county elect them in partisan races, and the top vote-getter serves four years and the runner-up two.

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Dossier

Researched 2026-09-23 · Claude Code research agent with web search

Donald Trump: nothing found. No endorsement or criticism by Donald Trump found in campaign coverage or search results.

Who they are

Kyle Stogoski, 26, of southwest Raleigh, is a first-time candidate for one of Wake County's two new at-large commissioner seats (Ballotpedia). He has worked mostly hourly, front-line jobs and in grassroots/campaign-management roles, and left Wake Technical Community College early over affordability and a period of homelessness (IndyWeek). Neither at-large seat has been held before: the board grew from seven to nine members for 2026, and between the two at-large winners the top vote-getter serves four years, the runner-up two (UNC-SOG). The Republican primary wasn't contested, so he and Gary Hartong advanced without a primary vote (Ballotpedia).

Positions

Local taxes & projects: No public position found on the $680M school bond, the $149.1M Wake Tech bond, or the property tax rate.
Taxes & spending: His "Broad Prosperity Initiative" calls for zero-based budgeting, public performance dashboards, independent audits, and sunset clauses for underperforming programs (Ballotpedia).
Schools: No public position found on school funding levels.
Economy: Backs "starter homeownership," local-business support, outcome-tied workforce investment, and farmland protection (IndyWeek).

Record

Never held elected office. Professional record: hourly/front-line work and grassroots organizing/campaign management (IndyWeek). Organized a Charlie Kirk memorial event in Raleigh in 2025 (IndyWeek).

Money

No campaign finance report found; Wake County's committee directory links to a report page that would not render for automated review (WakeBOE).

What we couldn't find

Position on either bond or the property tax rate.
Campaign finance figures; his campaign website (stogoskiforwake.com) returned a 404 error on fetch.
Any Trump endorsement or criticism.

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