{"biography":"Brittany Nicole Newton is the Democratic nominee for the North Carolina House of Representatives District 46 in the November\u202f3,\u202f2026 general election [1]. The North Carolina House is the lower chamber of the state legislature; each member represents a single district and serves a two-year term [1]. Newton advanced to the general election after the Democratic primary scheduled for March\u202f3,\u202f2026 was cancelled, leaving her unopposed in the primary [1].\n\nPer her Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, Newton was born and raised in Whiteville, North Carolina, where she is now raising her children, and served eight years in the U.S. Army [1]. She describes her campaign as focused on rural economic development, education, and health-care access for Columbus and Robeson counties, the two counties that make up District 46 [1]. On the economy, she says she wants to build a rural economy that supports small businesses, local agriculture, and workforce training [1]. On education, she pledges to recruit and retain teachers, strengthen career-and-technical programs, and ensure rural students have the same opportunities as students elsewhere in the state [1]. On health care, she says she would work to expand rural health-care access, strengthen local clinics, support telehealth, and recruit medical professionals to underserved areas, with particular attention to maternal, emergency, and mental-health services [1].\n\nNewton will face incumbent Republican Representative Brenden Jones, who also advanced without a primary contest, in the general election for District 46 [1]. The race will be decided alongside all 120 North Carolina House seats on the statewide 2026 ballot [2].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Brittany Newton (North Carolina) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Brittany_Newton_(North_Carolina))\n- [2] [North Carolina elections, 2026 - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina_elections,_2026)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_046","county":"columbus","county_count":2,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 046"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Brittany","fullname":"Brittany Nicole Newton","lastname":"Newton","middlename":"Nicole","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_046","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 046","county":"columbus","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_046","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 046","county":"columbus","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Brittany Newton is the Democratic candidate for North Carolina House District\u202f46 in the 2026 election, focusing on rural economic development, education, and health\u2011care access.","terms":[],"token":"0a406ca02992afa7"}