{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Tracy Clark","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"Tracy Clark is the incumbent Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for District\u202f57, covering northern Greensboro. She is on the ballot for re\u2011election in the November\u202f3,\u202f2026 general election and will seek to serve a full term that ends on January\u202f1,\u202f2027 [1][10].\n\nBorn in Asheville, North Carolina, Clark graduated from Brevard High School and earned both a bachelor\u2019s degree (2007) and a graduate degree (2012) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [1]. She built a career in marketing and finance, serving as the head of marketing and a board member for a wealth\u2011management firm, and later as Director of Marketing for Modera Wealth Management. Her professional experience also spans financial services, technology, and online media, and she has led the nonprofit Women\u202f2\u202fWomen Greensboro as its president [1][6].\n\nClark entered the state legislature in August\u202f2024 when Guilford County Democratic leaders appointed her to fill the seat vacated by Ashton\u202fClemmons, and Governor Cooper officially appointed her to complete the term [10][12]. In the 2024 election she won a full term with 68.1% of the vote (31,986 votes) over Republican Janice\u202fDavis [1]. During the 2025\u20112026 session she served as House Democratic Freshman Co\u2011Chair and recorded a 96% attendance rate, casting 604 votes\u201469% in line with the GOP\u2011controlled House and 31% against\u2014mirroring the average voting pattern of NC House Democrats [12][14].\n\nAs a legislator Clark has introduced a range of bills, including HB\u202f13 (charges for credit and charge cards), HB\u202f31 (making Election Day a state holiday), HB\u202f60 (modernizing Medicaid dental rates), HB\u202f78 (prohibiting law\u2011enforcement cooperation with ICE in churches, schools, and hospitals), HB\u202f115 (child\u2011care facility tax exemption), and HB\u202f166 (allowing extreme\u2011risk protection orders to prevent suicides) among others [8]. She supported Governor Stein\u2019s vetoes of legislation she described as harmful, such as the \u201cFreedom to Carry NC\u201d bill (SB\u202f50) and the criminal illegal alien enforcement act (HB\u202f318) [14].\n\nClark describes herself as a mother, wife, businesswoman, and advocate who entered politics out of frustration with \u201cMAGA extremism\u201d and a desire to represent the moderate majority in a politically purple state [12][14]. Her campaign emphasizes bipartisan cooperation, protecting immigrant communities, and opposing policies that would expand gun rights without training or permits. She continues to serve constituents through regular town halls and a district office in Greensboro.\n\nClark\u2019s official legislative office is located at 16\u202fWest\u202fJones\u202fStreet, Room\u202f1213, Raleigh, NC\u202f27601\u20111096, and she can be reached by phone at 919\u2011733\u20115781 (Capitol office) [20].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Tracy Clark - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tracy_Clark)\n- [6] [Representative Tracy Clark - Biography - North Carolina General Assembly](https://ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/822)\n- [8] [Representative Tracy Clark's Introduced Bills - North Carolina General Assembly](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/H/822)\n- [10] [Tracy Clark (politician) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Clark_(politician))\n- [12] [Representative Tracy Clark](https://tracyclarkfornc.com/)\n- [14] [My Motivation to Serve - Representative Tracy Clark](https://tracyclarkfornc.com/motivation-to-serve)\n- [20] [State Representative Tracy Clark | BillTrack50](https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/29296)","firstname":"Tracy","lastname":"Clark","middlename":"Boyer","suffix":null,"token":"f906ce0bef337ef2"},"token":"OV5bb8zvvPEbnVMi"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"state_representative","o.office":"state_house","office":"state_house","officedescription":"The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the state legislature, with 99 members elected from single-member districts to two-year terms. Representatives pass state laws, originate revenue bills, approve the state budget, and \u2014 with the Senate \u2014 confirm gubernatorial appointments and propose constitutional amendments.","officequalities":"- **Integrity** \u2014 Acts in the interest of constituents and the public good rather than for personal gain, and remains independent of undue influence from donors, lobbyists, and party leadership.\n- **Understanding of the constituency** \u2014 Grasps both the economic-development needs of the district and the day-to-day concerns of individual residents \u2014 safety, healthcare, education, infrastructure.\n- **Persuasion** \u2014 Engages, listens to, and persuades both fellow legislators and constituents. Can change minds and explain votes honestly.\n- **Legislative craft** \u2014 Reads, drafts, and amends statute with care. Understands how specific bill language translates to outcomes, and knows the body of law being modified.\n- **Coalition-building** \u2014 Finds common ground across partisan and factional lines, brokers compromises that hold, and forms working majorities even when consensus is hard to reach.","officeterm":2,"officetitle":"State Representative","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 057"}