Haseeb Fatmi
Democratic · NC · North Carolina State Senator, District 18
Haseeb Fatmi is the 2026 Democratic nominee and incumbent for North Carolina Senate District 18 (Wake and Granville counties). A labor-and-employment attorney (of counsel at Ogletree Deakins in Raleigh), he was elected to the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners in November 2025 and appointed to the state Senate on May 21, 2026, succeeding Terence Everitt, who resigned and withdrew from the race. A North Carolina native, he holds a UNC-Chapel Hill degree (2009) and a Fordham law degree (2012). He faces Republican Chris Stock and Libertarian Brad Hessel in November.
Track record
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Works as a labor-and-employment attorney, of counsel at the firm Ogletree Deakins in Raleigh; a North Carolina native, he holds a UNC-Chapel Hill degree and a Fordham University law degree.
May 21, 2026
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 3, 2026
Elected to the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners in November 2025 as the top vote-getter in the nonpartisan municipal election, before being appointed to the state Senate in May 2026.
November 4, 2025
Source: carolinajournal.com · researched July 3, 2026
Elections
- NC Senate District 18 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 18; North Carolina · incumbent
Profile last researched July 3, 2026.