Mona Singh

Democratic Party

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

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

Mona Singh is a Cary technology consultant and first-time Democratic candidate for one of Wake County's two new at-large commissioner seats, running on public-education funding, responsible county use of AI, and taxing the county's wealthiest residents. She placed second in the seven-way Democratic primary behind Christine Kushner.

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 of Singh by Donald Trump found. She states she personally protested Trump's 2017 travel ban ("Muslim Ban") as part of her community activism since 2008; that is her own past political activity, not a statement by Trump about her candidacy. source

Wake NCAE (for) source
AFL-CIO (for) source
Moms Demand Gun Sense (candidate designation) (for) source
State Senator Lisa Grafstein (for) source
Progressive Caucus of NC (for) source
New American Leaders (for) source

Who they are

Mona Singh is a Cary technology consultant and first-time candidate for one of Wake County's two new at-large commissioner seats, created this year as the board grew from seven to nine members (UNC-SOG); a Wake County resident since 1995 with 130+ patents, she has organized for the county Democratic Party since 2008 (IndyWeek). She placed second (22%) behind Christine Kushner (30%) in the seven-way March 3, 2026 Democratic primary (IndyWeek).

Positions

Schools: Pledges school funding "despite federal and state cuts" via new bond referendums; no stated position on the $680M or $149.1M bonds by name (ProgDems).
Taxes & spending: Wants "creative ways to tax Wake's wealthiest residents," including luxury-home surcharges, without burdening middle- and low-income residents (IndyWeek).
Local taxes & projects: No position found on the current property tax rate.
Technology: Wants county technology adopted "responsibly," citing AI's benefits and risks, while protecting privacy (MonaForWake).
Crime & policing: Proposes neighborhood social workers and 24/7 crisis support instead of police-led mental-health response (ProgDems).

Record

Never held elected office. Technology consultant with 130+ patents; Democratic precinct leader and volunteer trainer (IndyWeek).

Money

Raised about $133,000 through the primary, the most of seven Democratic candidates (IndyWeek). Says most donors are longtime associates in the local Indian-American medical/tech community; took no homebuilder-PAC money and returned a Sikh-community PAC gift (ProgDems).

What we couldn't find

Position on either bond by name, or the property tax rate.
Cash-on-hand or itemized donors beyond the primary total.
Any Trump statement about her (she cites past personal protest of a Trump travel-ban policy).

Sources (9)