Daniel Lancaster
Republican · NC
Daniel Lancaster is a Republican candidate for ROWAN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS in the November 2026 general election.
Where Daniel Lancaster stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (7 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (11 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (2 support · 1 oppose)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Lancaster voted to authorize local spending of opioid-settlement funds for fiscal year 2026.
June 16, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support · 1 oppose
Voted 5-0 to let a developer build two 15,000-square-foot warehouses at Horsepower Park in Rowan County. The approval lets the site cover up to 70 percent of its land with buildings and pavement, above the 12 percent cap protecting the Coddle Creek watershed (SNIA 01-25).
June 2, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to adopt an ordinance providing cost recovery for hazardous-material response and cleanup.
April 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to adopt the Rowan County Farmland Preservation Policy.
April 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Before vacating the interim seat, Lancaster moved and voted to reorganize the Parks and Recreation Department.
September 2, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 11 oppose
Lancaster voted 4-1 for a memorandum seeking discretionary preliminary-engineering funding for a proposed Correll Street–McCanless Road interchange at Interstate 85.
July 21, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster defended minimum public-safety staffing and voted 3-1 for extra-duty pay for sheriff's patrol and detention staff from July 6 through August 2.
June 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted for a Level 3 incentive grant for Project Powerball, projected to involve more than $200 million in investment and 1,181 jobs.
June 30, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve the Home and Community Care Block Grant proposed funding plan.
June 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to authorize time-and-a-half extra-duty pay for sheriff's patrol and detention staff from June 8 through July 5 to address minimum staffing.
June 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to adopt Rowan County's fiscal-year 2025-26 budget across the general, fire, emergency-telephone, opioid-settlement, risk, landfill, airport, water, social-services trust, fines-and-forfeitures, and ARPA funds.
June 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster joined a 3-0 county board vote approving a tax-break grant projected at $314,615 over five years for an unnamed company planning a $27.9 million facility and 30 jobs in Rowan County.
May 19, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve the county's youth and juvenile-crime funding plan.
May 5, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve mental-health services for the Veterans Treatment Court.
April 7, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve up to $855 million in National Finance Authority tax-exempt bonds for Novant Health.
April 7, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve a grant-funded school-resource-officer memorandum of understanding.
April 7, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 7 support
Lancaster voted to fund the Local Reentry Council.
August 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve the 2025-26 school-resource-officer agreement with Rowan-Salisbury Schools.
July 21, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster defended minimum public-safety staffing and voted 3-1 for extra-duty pay for sheriff's patrol and detention staff from July 6 through August 2.
June 30, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
During discussion of noise-ordinance changes, Lancaster argued that farmers may need to discharge firearms at night to protect livestock and supported preserving officer discretion.
June 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to authorize time-and-a-half extra-duty pay for sheriff's patrol and detention staff from June 8 through July 5 to address minimum staffing.
June 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve the county's youth and juvenile-crime funding plan.
May 5, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
As a Salisbury Police sergeant and special-response-team marksman, Lancaster shot and wounded an armed robbery suspect who police said was threatening a hostage; the SBI investigated the officer-involved shooting under standard procedure.
July 12, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wsoctv.com · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 6 support
Lancaster voted to fund the Local Reentry Council.
August 4, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to accept $300,000 in Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities transit-grant funds.
July 21, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to authorize local spending of opioid-settlement funds for fiscal year 2026.
June 16, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve the Home and Community Care Block Grant proposed funding plan.
June 16, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve the county's youth and juvenile-crime funding plan.
May 5, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve mental-health services for the Veterans Treatment Court.
April 7, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Lancaster voted to support master planning for the former JCPenney space at the Rowan Community Center with Salisbury Land Management.
July 21, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to accept $300,000 in Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities transit-grant funds.
July 21, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted 4-1 for a memorandum seeking discretionary preliminary-engineering funding for a proposed Correll Street–McCanless Road interchange at Interstate 85.
July 21, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Other records
Other records · 8 records
Before vacating the interim seat, Lancaster moved and voted to authorize the county attorney to execute an opioid-settlement participation form.
September 2, 2025
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Before vacating the interim seat, Lancaster moved and voted to approve the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan.
September 2, 2025
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Before vacating the interim seat, Lancaster moved and voted to donate surplus county property to the Town of China Grove.
September 2, 2025
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to sell 22.94 acres in Granite Industrial Park to Fortius Capital Partners for $466,416 for a projected industrial development.
August 18, 2025
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to update the county's opioid-settlement local spending authorization.
August 18, 2025
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve an agricultural-overlay rezoning for Miller Family Farm and Patterson Farms to support agritourism while preserving rural character.
August 4, 2025
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Voted 5-0 with the Rowan County commissioners to rezone a 3-acre property on Parks Road in Salisbury from manufactured home park to rural agricultural, letting the owner subdivide it (Z 03-25).
June 2, 2025
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Lancaster voted to approve MBE Cylinder Heads' rezoning petition Z 01-25.
March 17, 2025
Source: rowancountync.api.civicclerk.com · researched July 18, 2026
Race Daniel Lancaster is in:
- ROWAN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS · November 3, 2026 · Rowan County, North Carolina
Profile last researched July 16, 2026.