{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Lent C. Carr II","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"**Status update: Carr lost the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for U.S. House, North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, finishing third of four candidates with 6,968 votes (15.8%); Richard N. Ojeda II won the primary with 18,469 votes (41.8%). Carr will not appear on the November 2026 general-election ballot [4].**\n\nLent Christopher Carr II is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District in North Carolina's 2026 elections. The North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list shows Lent Christopher Carr II filing as a DEM candidate on December 19, 2025 [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Lent Christopher Carr II is a registered voter in Hoke County, North Carolina, registered since 2018 (8 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [2]. NC's bulk voter export publishes only year of birth, not a full date; the voter file lists Lent Christopher Carr II's year of birth as 1973 [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 8 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the March 3, 2026 primary election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information beyond the candidate filing and voter records was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Lent Christopher Carr II can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter registration file, accessed 2026-07-21 (https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), accessed 2026-07-21 (https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[4] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 primary election results (`results_pct_20260303`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-24","firstname":"Lent","lastname":"Carr","middlename":"Christopher","suffix":"II","token":"da71d9d2cbb22ef1"},"token":"JWtV_gbNZsrB1UOT"},{"candidatename":"Loren Bibler","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"**Status update: Bibler lost the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for U.S. House, North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, finishing fourth of four candidates with 6,960 votes (15.7%); Richard N. Ojeda II won the primary with 18,469 votes (41.8%). Bibler will not appear on the November 2026 general-election ballot [3].**\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Loren David Bibler is a registered voter in Wake County, North Carolina, registered since 2024 (2 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Loren David Bibler's year of birth as 1995; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 6 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Loren David Bibler can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 primary election results (`results_pct_20260303`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-24","firstname":"Loren","lastname":"Bibler","middlename":"David","suffix":null,"token":"60aabc252df2c95a"},"token":"TwJM2u6jhOerqHgd"},{"candidatename":"Richard N. Ojeda II","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"Richard Neece Ojeda\u202fII is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina\u2019s 9th Congressional District in the 2026 election.  To serve in the House a candidate must be at least 25 years old, have been a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and reside in the state they wish to represent\u202f[1].  Ojeda meets all of those constitutional requirements and is seeking to succeed incumbent Republican Rep.\u202fRichard Hudson.\n\nOjeda was born on September\u202f25,\u202f1970 in Rochester, Minnesota and raised in Logan County, West Virginia, where he graduated from Logan High School in 1988\u202f[1][20].  He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in General Education from West Virginia State University in 1997 and an MBA in Business and Organizational Security from Webster University\u202f[11][20].  He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1989, served 24 years, and retired as a Major in 2013 after two tours in Iraq, a deployment to Afghanistan, and numerous other overseas assignments, earning two Bronze Star Medals\u202f[1][11][18].  After leaving the military he taught Junior ROTC at Chapmanville Regional High School from 2013 to 2017\u202f[11][20].\n\nIn 2016 Ojeda was elected to the West Virginia State Senate representing District\u202f7, serving until January\u202f10,\u202f2019\u202f[1][19].  While in the Senate he championed medical\u2011cannabis legislation, supported the historic 2018 West Virginia teachers\u2019 strike, and positioned himself as a pro\u2011labor, pro\u2011veteran voice\u202f[18][20].  He ran for the U.S. House in West Virginia\u2019s 3rd District in 2018, losing to Republican Carol\u202fMiller\u202f[7][8][18].  In November\u202f2018 he announced a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the second sitting office\u2011holder to do so, but suspended the campaign in January\u202f2019\u202f[5][18].  He later sought the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia in 2020, losing the primary to Paula\u202fJean\u202fSwearengin\u202f[11][20].\n\nAfter those statewide campaigns Ojeda relocated to North Carolina, where he filed to run for Congress in the 9th District.  He won the Democratic primary on March\u202f3,\u202f2026 with 41.8\u202f% of the vote (18,437 votes) against three opponents\u202f[1][2].  The general election is set for November\u202f3,\u202f2026, where he will face incumbent Rep.\u202fRichard\u202fHudson (R) and Independent Tita\u202fHunter\u2011Herod\u202f[1][2][6].\n\nOjeda\u2019s current campaign emphasizes \u201cVeterans, Education, Working Families, and North Carolina\u2019s future.\u201d  The campaign website lists priorities such as improving VA care and mental\u2011health services for veterans, raising teacher pay and reducing student\u2011debt, protecting Medicare and Medicaid, expanding Social Security benefits, and investing in agriculture and skilled\u2011trade jobs\u202f[13][15].  He stresses a grassroots, small\u2011donor approach and claims to have taken no corporate PAC money\u202f[13][15].  The platform reflects his long\u2011standing focus on labor rights, veterans\u2019 issues, and rural economic development, themes that have defined his public service from the Army to the state senate.\n\nOverall, Ojeda brings a blend of military leadership, legislative experience, and a history of populist campaigning to a race that could be competitive in a district that has swung between parties in recent cycles.  Voters will be evaluating his record on labor, cannabis legalization, and veteran advocacy alongside his recent relocation to North Carolina and his ability to connect with district\u2011specific concerns.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Richard Ojeda - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_Ojeda)\n- [2] [North Carolina's 9th Congressional District election, 2026 - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina's_9th_Congressional_District_election,_2026)\n- [3] [West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018 - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia's_3rd_Congressional_District_election,_2018)\n- [4] [West Virginia State Senate District 7 - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_State_Senate_District_7)\n- [5] [Richard Ojeda suspends 2020 presidential campaign \u2013 Ballotpedia News](https://news.ballotpedia.org/2019/01/27/richard-ojeda-suspends-2020-presidential-campaign/)\n- [6] [Richard Hudson - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Richard_Hudson)\n- [7] [West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia's_3rd_Congressional_District)\n- [8] [Battleground Friday: West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Battleground_Friday:_West_Virginia's_3rd_Congressional_District)\n- [9] [OJEDA, RICHARD NEECE SENATOR II - Candidate overview - FEC.gov](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8WV03048/)\n- [10] [Richard Ojeda - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ojeda)\n- [11] [Richard Ojeda - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ojeda)\n- [12] [2026 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_North_Carolina)\n- [13] [Vote Ojeda \u2013 A Look at The Work of Richard Ojeda](https://voteojeda.com/)\n- [14] [Vote Smart | Facts For All](https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/147777/richard-ojeda-ii)\n- [15] [Richard Ojeda for NC09 - United We Win](https://ojedafornc.com/)\n- [16] [Richard Ojeda for NC09 - Richard Ojeda for NC09](https://ojedafornc.com/about-richard-ojeda/)\n- [18] [9 things to know about Richard Ojeda \u2013 Center for Public Integrity](https://publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/presidential-profiles-2020/richard-ojeda-candidate/)\n- [19] [State Senator Richard Ojeda | BillTrack50](https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/22224)\n- [20] [Who is Richard Ojeda? | wusa9.com](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/who-is-richard-ojeda/507-8454da34-2530-4fa6-b7e6-8a9692d4779b)","firstname":"Richard","lastname":"Ojeda","middlename":"Neece","suffix":"II","token":"42fbc0186a199679"},"token":"VWn57lWyjPauNMUj"},{"candidatename":"Nigel W. Bristow","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"> **Status update.** Nigel William Bristow lost the Democratic primary for U.S. House District 9, finishing second of four candidates with 11,824 votes; Richard N. Ojeda II won with 18,469 votes (Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Guilford, Hoke, Moore, and Randolph counties, March 3, 2026). Ojeda advances to the November 3, 2026 general election [3].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Nigel William Bristow is a registered voter in Richmond County, North Carolina, registered since 2011 (15 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Nigel William Bristow's year of birth as 1970; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Nigel William Bristow can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, March 3, 2026 primary results by precinct (results_pct_20260303, dl.ncsbe.gov) -- accessed 2026-07-24; US House District 09 (DEM): Richard N. Ojeda II 18,469, Nigel W. Bristow 11,824, Lent C. 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