{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Julia Howard","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"Julia Craven Howard is the incumbent Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for District\u202f77 and is on the ballot for re\u2011election in the November\u202f3,\u202f2026 general election\u202f[1][18]. She currently serves as a senior chair of the House Finance Committee, a role she regained in 2023 after a brief removal during an intra\u2011party dispute\u202f[18]. Howard also chairs the UNC Board of Governors Nominations Committee and holds memberships on several other committees, including Banking, Commerce, Energy and Public Utilities, and Insurance\u202f[1].\n\nBorn on August\u202f20,\u202f1944 in Rowan County, North Carolina, Howard earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Salem College in 2003\u202f[7][9]. She is a licensed real\u2011estate appraiser and realtor, owning and operating Howard Realty in Davie County\u202f[1][9].\n\nHoward\u2019s public service began on the Mocksville Town Board, where she served from 1981 to 1988\u202f[9]. She was first elected to the North Carolina House in 1989, representing District\u202f79 for more than three decades until redistricting moved her to District\u202f77 in 2019\u202f[14][7][4]. Over her tenure she has chaired key committees such as Banking, Finance, and Energy and Public Utilities, and has been a senior chair of the Finance Committee multiple times\u202f[1][14]. Her legislative focus has included welfare reform, small\u2011business support, child\u2011protection laws, and restructuring the state unemployment system during the 2008 recession\u202f[14].\n\nBeyond the state legislature, Howard has been active in national legislative organizations. She served as national vice\u2011chair and later chair\u2011elect of the Council of State Governments (CSG), and chaired the CSG Southern Legislative Conference in 2007\u201108\u202f[14]. She has received recognitions such as the American Legislative Exchange \u201cLegislator of the Year\u201d award and the Rotary Paul Harris Award\u202f[9].\n\nIn 2023, after a three\u2011year hiatus from the Finance Committee leadership, Speaker Tim Moore reinstated Howard as a senior chair, citing her experience and the importance of her role in budgetary matters\u202f[18]. She continues to represent constituents in Rowan, Yadkin, and Davie counties, emphasizing fiscal responsibility and policies that benefit families and small businesses\u202f[1][18].\n\nHoward\u2019s office is located at 300\u202fN. Salisbury St., Room\u202f302, Raleigh, NC\u202f27603\u20115925, with a district mailing address at 330\u202fS. Salisbury St., Mocksville, NC\u202f27028. She can be reached by phone at 919\u2011733\u20115904 or 336\u2011751\u20113538\u202f[11].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Julia Howard - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Julia_Howard)\n- [4] [Representative Julia C. Howard - Biography - North Carolina General Assembly](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/53)\n- [6] [Representative Julia C. Howard's Introduced Bills - North Carolina General Assembly](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/IntroducedBills/H/53)\n- [7] [Julia C. Howard - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_C._Howard)\n- [9] [Vote Smart | Facts For All](https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5988/julia-howard)\n- [11] [State Representative Julia Howard | BillTrack50](https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/957)\n- [12] [North Carolina State Rep. Julia Howard - Biography | LegiStorm](https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/192853/Julia_Craven_Howard.html)\n- [13] [Julia Howard - North Carolina House Republican Caucus](https://www.nchouserepublicans.com/members/julia-howard)\n- [14] [Rep. Julia Howard - Issuu](https://issuu.com/csg.publications/docs/ci_issue_1_2023_final_3-8/s/20502082)\n- [15] [NC Representative Julia Howard | Government Services - Davie County Chamber and Tourism](https://business.daviechamber.com/list/member/nc-representative-julia-howard-699)\n- [16] [Julia Howard - North Carolina Candidate - Transparency USA](https://www.transparencyusa.org/nc/candidate/julia-howard)\n- [18] [North Carolina House member back in leading committee position 3 years after removal](https://www.wunc.org/politics/2024-08-01/julia-howard-nc-house-finance-committee)","firstname":"Julia","lastname":"Howard","middlename":"Craven","suffix":null,"token":"2eb0c3087b3e4c6f"},"token":"DSE6xghsYu"},{"candidatename":"Sabrina Harris","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"Sabrina Harris is the Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives in District 77, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot opposite incumbent Republican Julia Howard. The Democratic primary for the seat was canceled, advancing Harris directly to the general ballot [1].\n\n## Office history\nHarris previously ran for the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education, Seat 6 (Special), in the November 8, 2022 general election [3]. Official North Carolina State Board of Elections precinct-level results show Harris won that race, defeating W. Jean Kennedy 19,458 votes to 16,220 [2].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Sabrina Harris (North Carolina State House candidate) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Sabrina_Harris_(North_Carolina_State_House_candidate)) -- accessed 2026-07-20\n- [2] [2022 Official Election Results, Precinct-Level -- NC State Board of Elections](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2022_11_08/results_pct_20221108.zip) -- accessed 2026-07-20\n- [3] [Sabrina Harris (Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education District 6, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Sabrina_Harris_(Rowan-Salisbury_Board_of_Education_District_6,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022)) -- accessed 2026-07-20","firstname":"Sabrina","lastname":"Harris","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"ba7a4bb44c07e374"},"token":"B33K1GQguP"}],"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 077"}