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Shannon W. Bray

U.S. Senate

2026 North Carolina U.S. Senate — General Election · November 3, 2026

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Overview

Current race
2026 North Carolina U.S. Senate — General Election on November 3, 2026
Official candidacy
U.S. Senate · Libertarian · Candidate
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Election date: 11/03/2026

Contest: US SENATE

Candidate: Shannon W. Bray

Party: LIB

Candidacy date: 12/17/2025

Campaign email: [email protected]

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Election date: 11/03/2026

Contest: US SENATE

Candidate: Shannon W. Bray

Party: LIB

Candidacy date: 12/17/2025

Campaign email: [email protected]

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Service, Technology, and Accountability

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I’m a Navy veteran and a cybersecurity professional who has spent years working with complex systems that handle sensitive information and critical infrastructure. I’ve seen firsthand what happens when systems are poorly designed, poorly governed, or shielded from oversight.

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I’m a Navy veteran and a cybersecurity professional who has spent years working with complex systems that handle sensitive information and critical infrastructure. I’ve seen firsthand what happens when systems are poorly designed, poorly governed, or shielded from oversight.

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Economy & Taxes

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Lower costs, simpler taxes, and an end to wasteful spending.

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Lower costs, simpler taxes, and an end to wasteful spending.

Monetary Policy & Inflation

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Fight inflation and protect savings from hidden taxation.

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Fight inflation and protect savings from hidden taxation.

Immigration & Borders

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Secure borders and a fair, workable legal process.

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Secure borders and a fair, workable legal process.

Election Integrity & Technology

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Secure, auditable elections that voters can trust.

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Secure, auditable elections that voters can trust.

Privacy & Civil Liberties

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Defend privacy, free speech, and due process protections.

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Defend privacy, free speech, and due process protections.

Constitutional Rights

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Defend the Bill of Rights and rein in federal overreach.

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Defend the Bill of Rights and rein in federal overreach.

Property & Local Control

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Protect property rights and local decision-making.

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Protect property rights and local decision-making.

Digital Assets & Financial Freedom

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Protect innovation and financial privacy in the digital age.

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Protect innovation and financial privacy in the digital age.

Digital Privacy & Civil Liberties

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Protect rights without building a surveillance state.

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Protect rights without building a surveillance state.

A Different Kind of Senate Candidate

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For too long, Washington has treated technology, privacy, security, and accountability as afterthoughts — or worse, as tools to consolidate power. I believe we can protect people, defend the country, and modernize government without building a surveillance state or surrendering individual liberty.

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For too long, Washington has treated technology, privacy, security, and accountability as afterthoughts — or worse, as tools to consolidate power. I believe we can protect people, defend the country, and modernize government without building a surveillance state or surrendering individual liberty.

News & updates

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Belief

Rights don’t disappear as technology advances.

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Rights don’t disappear as technology advances.

Emphasizing rehabilitation and accountability

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Belief

Justice must protect rights, demand accountability, and respect due process.

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Justice must protect rights, demand accountability, and respect due process.

Emphasizing rehabilitation and accountability

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Belief

A justice system that respects rights builds trust and strengthens communities.

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A justice system that respects rights builds trust and strengthens communities.

What I support

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Auditable, secure voting processes

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Auditable, secure voting processes

Free markets and voluntary solutions

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Shannon Bray for U.S. Senate — North Carolina

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Belief

Energy should be affordable, reliable, and innovative.

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Energy should be affordable, reliable, and innovative.

Encouraging innovation over mandates

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Markets and innovation protect the environment better than political mandates.

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Markets and innovation protect the environment better than political mandates.

Shannon Bray for U.S. Senate — North Carolina

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Belief

America needs secure borders and a fair, legal immigration system.

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America needs secure borders and a fair, legal immigration system.

Shannon Bray for U.S. Senate — North Carolina

Candidate position
Belief

Education should prepare students for real opportunity, not federal compliance.

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Education should prepare students for real opportunity, not federal compliance.

Economy & Taxes

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Simplify the tax code, end corporate subsidies and special-interest loopholes, cap federal spending, and restore congressional fiscal discipline.

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Monetary Policy & Inflation

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Increase oversight and transparency of monetary policy, oppose a government-controlled digital currency, protect financial privacy, and allow monetary alternatives intended to preserve purchasing power.

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Jobs, Innovation & Technology

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Reduce regulatory barriers for startups and small businesses, encourage domestic technology development, and use market-oriented policy to promote job creation and innovation.

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Education & Workforce

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Reduce federal control of education, expand skills-based and technical training, increase parental choice, and leave more education decisions to states and local communities.

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Education & Workforce

Healthcare

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Repeal federal healthcare mandates, expand Health Savings Accounts, increase price transparency, and shift more healthcare policy authority to states and patients.

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Healthcare

Energy & Environment

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End energy subsidies that distort markets, expand nuclear and next-generation energy, oppose carbon taxes, and favor innovation over federal mandates.

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Immigration & Borders

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Enforce existing immigration law, secure the border, streamline legal immigration, and expand lawful entry that supports economic growth.

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Foreign Policy & Defense

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End undeclared wars, require congressional authorization for military action, responsibly bring troops home from unnecessary deployments, and focus defense spending on readiness.

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Foreign Policy & Defense

Election Integrity & Technology

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Modernize election systems using secure, auditable processes, cybersecurity best practices, transparency, and voter-access protections that avoid disenfranchisement.

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Privacy & Civil Liberties

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End warrantless mass surveillance, restore Fourth Amendment protections, defend free speech, and restrict federal intrusion into personal financial activity.

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Privacy & Civil Liberties

Data Privacy & Ownership

Candidate position
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Give individuals enforceable ownership and consent rights over personal data, require purpose-specific and revocable consent, log data access in tamper-evident audit trails, and penalize use without valid consent.

  • Campaign proposes consent dashboards, mandatory access logs, revocation enforcement, and standards-based interoperability.
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Data Privacy & Ownership

Criminal Justice Reform

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End civil asset forfeiture without a conviction, reduce mandatory minimums for nonviolent offenses, return appropriate criminal-justice authority to states, and emphasize rehabilitation and accountability.

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Criminal Justice Reform

Constitutional Rights

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Defend Second Amendment rights and due process, limit executive overreach, and restore constitutional balance among the branches of government.

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Property & Local Control

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Protect private-property rights, limit federal land overreach, support voluntary conservation, and preserve state and local decision-making authority.

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Property & Local Control

Digital Assets & Financial Freedom

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Protect lawful ownership and use of digital assets, oppose intrusive financial surveillance, encourage financial-technology innovation, and establish clear and limited digital-asset regulation.

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Digital Assets & Financial Freedom

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Candidate ID: S0NC00335

Name: BRAY, SHANNON

Office: Senate

State: NC

District: North Carolina

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  1. Election record

    2026 North Carolina candidate filing — Shannon W. Bray

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