{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJoseph Anthony Parfitt, who campaigns as Joe Parfitt, is the Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives District 52 (Moore and Richmond counties) in the November\u202f3,\u202f2026 general election, challenging Republican incumbent Ben Moss [2][3]. The Democratic primary for the seat was cancelled and Parfitt advanced to the general election unopposed [2]. His campaign platform centers on passing a state budget, increasing public-school funding and teacher pay, and expanding access to health care [1].\n\n## Background and education\nParfitt was born and raised in eastern Pennsylvania, the eldest son of an Army Special Forces officer and an Army nurse, and attended Northampton Area High School [1][2]. He joined the U.S. Army at 18 and later used his military education benefits to earn a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland (2015) and a graduate degree from National Defense University (2017) [1][2].\n\n## Career\nParfitt served in the U.S. Army from 1999 to 2020 as an airborne infantryman and, later, a Civil Affairs Operator stationed at Fort Bragg, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and postings in U.S. embassies during the Global War on Terror, according to his campaign [1][2]. After retiring from the Army in 2020, he worked in finance and construction before becoming a teacher in Moore County Schools, where his campaign says his three children have also attended [1]. He lives in Southern Pines [1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Joe Parfitt for NC House District 52 \u2014 Meet Joe](https://www.joeparfitt.com/)\n- [2] [Joe Parfitt - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Parfitt)\n- [3] [North Carolina House of Representatives District 52 - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives_District_52)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_052","county":"anson","county_count":7,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 052"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Joseph","fullname":"Joseph Anthony Parfitt","lastname":"Parfitt","middlename":"Anthony","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_052","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 052","county":"anson","county_count":7,"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_052","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 052","county":"anson","county_count":7,"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":"No biographical data found for candidate Joseph Anthony Parfitt; available sources list only an obituary for a deceased individual with the same name.","terms":[],"token":"1c134312423b7e82"}