{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n**Status update.** Ferguson lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary to then-incumbent Rep. Mike Clampitt (2,988 votes, 37.6%, to Clampitt's 4,508 votes, 56.7%, with Mike Yow placing third at 452 votes, 5.7%, of 7,948 total). Clampitt died in March 2026 following a battle with myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of blood and bone marrow cancer. Governor Josh Stein appointed Ferguson to fill the vacant District 119 seat on April 16, 2026, from a list of nominees submitted by the district's Republican Party organization. She is now the sitting incumbent, unopposed for the Republican nomination, and faces Democrat Mark R. Burrows on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [4].\n\nSavannah Ferguson (listed on the ballot, and now in the legislature, as \"Anna Ferguson,\" her middle name) originally filed as a Republican candidate for NC House of Representatives, District 119, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [1]. She filed for candidacy on December 9, 2025, for Jackson, Swain, and Transylvania Counties [1].\n\nFerguson is a business owner in construction finance and an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, having served on the tribe's Governing Board of Audit and Ethics and its Planning Board [5]. She earned a bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University [5].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Savannah Ferguson is a registered voter in Jackson County, North Carolina, registered since 2016 (10 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. The voter file shows Savannah Ferguson's year of birth as 1972; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2]. The voter history file shows 7 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary [3].\n\nVoters with personal knowledge of Ferguson can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (bulk CSV), accessed 2026-07-21 -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections - Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n[4] Blue Ridge Public Radio, \"Republican Anna Ferguson to fill District 119 seat after Rep. Clampitt's death,\" April 13, 2026 (bpr.org); Ballotpedia, \"Anna Ferguson (North Carolina),\" accessed 2026-07-24 (primary vote totals and general-election matchup)\n[5] Committee to Elect Anna Ferguson campaign website, \"Background\" (voteannaferguson.com)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_119","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 119"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Savannah","fullname":"Savannah Ferguson","lastname":"Ferguson","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_119","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 119","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_119","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 119","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Jackson County since 2016.","terms":[],"token":"21693c64abb7a0b0"}