{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nMargot Patrice Dupre filed as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat from North Carolina in the 2026 election. The North Carolina State Board of Elections disqualified her candidacy before the March 3, 2026 primary after determining she was not a North Carolina resident [1]. Because the disqualification came after primary ballots had already been printed, her name remained on the ballot; she recorded 14,886 votes in the Republican primary, which were not counted toward the nomination [3].\n\n## Background\n\nFederal Election Commission records show a Margot Dupre previously ran for U.S. Senate in Colorado across the 2020, 2022, and 2024 cycles under the committee \"Margot For US Senate\" (FEC candidate ID S0CO00641, committee agent based in Portland, OR) before filing for the North Carolina Senate seat on October 2, 2025 (FEC candidate ID S6NC00449) [2].\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Meet Marcus Williams: Candidate for U.S. Senate \u2013 WCTI12](https://wcti12.com/news/local/meet-marcus-williams-candidate-for-us-senate-02-12-2026) (news roundup of the 2026 NC Senate field; confirms Dupre's disqualification for not being an NC resident)\n- [2] [DUPRE, MARGOT \u2013 FEC Candidate Search](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6NC00449/)\n- [2b] [DUPRE, MARGOT (Colorado, 2020-2024) \u2013 FEC Candidate Search](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S0CO00641/)\n- [3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 primary election results (`results_pct_20260303`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","campaigns":[{"contest":"us_senate","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Us Senate"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Margot","fullname":"Margot Patrice Dupre","lastname":"Dupre","middlename":"Patrice","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"us_senate","contest_title":"Us Senate","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_senate","office_title":"U.S. Senator","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"us_senate","contest_title":"Us Senate","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_senate","office_title":"U.S. Senator","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"us_senate","office_title":"U.S. Senator","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"206bd4cb089ad142"}