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Eric Mansfield

Democratic

Physician, Cape Fear Otolaryngology

Eric Mansfield ran for U.S. Senate North Carolina in 2026.

From the candidate’s public filings

Background

Mansfield received a commission in the U.S. Army through ROTC. He worked at the Womack Army Medical Center as a Battalion Medical Officer and later as the Chief of Otolaryngology Services. He was deployed to Kosovo before returning to civilian life and opening his own practice. At the time of the election, he was pursuing a master's degree in health policy at UNC Chapel Hill.

He attended Howard University for his bachelor's degree and then attended Morehouse School of Medicine. [3]

M.D.:
Morehouse School of Medicine

Campaign themes

Eric Mansfield did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Mansfield's website talked about the following issues:

Healthcare

Excerpt: "...I support fair and equitable tort reform, Medicaid cost and fraud control, and greater free market competition among health care providers."

Education and Employment

Excerpt: "I believe that meeting the challenges of employment and education in North Carolina are one in the same. Economic recovery in North Carolina will be dependent on our ability to produce a competitive work force which can retain and attract new jobs to our state."

North Carolina’s Economic Recovery

Excerpt: "We need a workforce which attracts businesses to Cumberland County. A highly skilled work force will drive the next generation of sustained prosperity in our county and state."

On the 2026 ballot

Links

Compiled from the candidate’s published profile as of September 30, 2026.

Source(opens in new tab)
Eric Mansfield — U.S. Senate North Carolina candidate, 2026 | True Vote