{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nGregory Curtis Edds -- known as Greg Edds -- is the Republican nominee for the North Carolina House of Representatives, District 76, covering Rowan County, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot, facing Democrat Scott Huffman for this open seat, which has no incumbent [1][2].\n\n## Background and education\nEdds holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and industry designations including Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) [3].\n\n## Career\nEdds is a State Farm insurance agent based in Salisbury, NC, operating as Gregory C. Edds Ins Agcy Inc. [4]. He has been recognized within the insurance industry as a President's Club Member, Chairman's Circle Qualifier, and member of the Million Dollar Round Table [3].\n\n## Office history\nEdds won election to the Rowan County Board of Commissioners in the November 8, 2022 general election, finishing first among five candidates for three at-large seats with 32,984 votes, according to official North Carolina State Board of Elections results [5]. He advanced to that race from the May 17, 2022 Republican primary [3].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [North Carolina House of Representatives District 76 - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives_District_76) -- accessed 2026-07-20\n- [2] [2026 Candidate Filing -- NC State Board of Elections](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) -- accessed 2026-07-20\n- [3] [Greg Edds (Rowan County Board of Commissioners, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Greg_Edds_(Rowan_County_Board_of_Commissioners,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022)) -- accessed 2026-07-20\n- [4] [Greg Edds - State Farm Insurance Agent](https://www.gregedds.com/) -- accessed 2026-07-20\n- [5] [2022 Official Election Results, Precinct-Level -- NC State Board of Elections](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2022_11_08/results_pct_20221108.zip) -- accessed 2026-07-20","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_076","county":"cabarrus","county_count":5,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 076"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Gregory","fullname":"Gregory Curtis Edds","lastname":"Edds","middlename":"Curtis","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_076","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 076","county":"cabarrus","county_count":5,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_076","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 076","county":"cabarrus","county_count":5,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","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":"Gregory Curtis Edds is a Republican insurance agent and 2022 candidate for the Rowan County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina.","terms":[],"token":"27b1eb54ab29f101"}