{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Mario Luis Benavente is a registered voter in Cumberland County, North Carolina, registered since 2008 (18 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Mario Luis Benavente's year of birth as 1990; 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 16 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 Mario Luis Benavente can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\nMario Luis Benavente, listed on the ballot as Mario (BE) Benavente, was a candidate for the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners At-Large (a vote-for-2 Democratic-primary seat) in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary. He placed fourth of six candidates with 4,816 votes; the top two \u2014 Charles Evans (12,363) and Veronica B. Jones (7,455) \u2014 advanced to the November general alongside Republican nominees Greg West and Ron Ross. Benavente did not advance and will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot, per certified North Carolina State Board of Elections results [3].\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, certified March 3, 2026 election results (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_at_large","county":"cumberland","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Cumberland County Board Of Commissioners At-Large"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Mario","fullname":"Mario Luis Benavente","lastname":"Benavente","middlename":"Luis","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_at_large","contest_title":"Cumberland County Board Of Commissioners At-Large","county":"cumberland","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cumberland","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"cumberland","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_at_large","contest_title":"Cumberland County Board Of Commissioners At-Large","county":"cumberland","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cumberland","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Cumberland County since 2008.","terms":[],"token":"05a9ef2b900efe33"}