{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nOrrick Romaine Quick is a Democrat from High Point, North Carolina, who ran in the March 3, 2026 primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Thom Tillis [1][4]. He launched his campaign in August 2025 and filed with the State Board of Elections on December 17, 2025 [1][4]. He is registered with the Federal Election Commission as candidate S6NC00423 [6].\n\nQuick finished fifth in a six-candidate field with 7,275 votes (0.88 percent); former Gov. Roy Cooper won the primary with 761,345 votes (91.98 percent) and advanced to the November 3, 2026 general election [3][5].\n\nQuick told WUNC he entered the race over the effects of President Trump's budget legislation - \"It's going to take food off of the table of families, and so that's what really got me involved, is just seeing the neglect of our country\" - and argued that his personal experience distinguished him from the field: \"I thank God for Gov. Roy Cooper, but Roy Cooper is not Orrick Quick. I think that we have to elect officials who know how to legislate when you have experienced the struggles of life\" [4]. WUNC also reported that Quick's campaign worked with Hockomock Digital, a firm that has previously done work for prominent Republicans including Nikki Haley and former U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry and whose founder, Jason Ross, worked for the Massachusetts Republican Party before starting it; Quick said of Ross, \"He reached out to me and we clicked\" [4]. Quick told WUNC he is a loyal Democrat who does not always agree with his party: \"Even though there may be some things that I disagree with, even in the Democratic Party, but that does not mean that I'm going to abandon the Democratic Party just because I disagree\" [4].\n\nIn his WCTI candidate questionnaire, Quick listed affordability, access to healthcare, \"public safety rooted in constitutional policing,\" protection of civil rights, education and economic opportunity as the most pressing issues facing North Carolinians; WCTI notes that its candidate answers come from the candidate and have not been fact-checked [2].\n\nWUNC reported that Quick has previously run for the High Point City Council [4].\n\n## Background and education\n\nThe North Carolina voter registration file lists Quick's year of birth as 1983 and shows him registered as a Democrat in Guilford County since October 2001 [7]. State voter history records show he has voted in 16 elections since 2016 - municipal, primary and general - most recently the March 3, 2026 primary [8].\n\n## Career\n\nQuick is the pastor of New Covenant Church in High Point [4]. WUNC reported that he is a former North Carolina State University football player and that he briefly co-hosted a 2016 Fox television talk show called \"The Preachers\" [4]. In his WCTI candidate questionnaire he described himself as \"a community leader, speaker, pastor, and small-business owner based in North Carolina\" [2].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [Candidate Listing 2026 (candidate filing file)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30\n[2] [Meet Orrick Quick: Candidate for U.S. Senate](https://wcti12.com/news/local/meet-orrick-quick-candidate-for-us-senate) - WCTI 12 (Sinclair), accessed 2026-07-30\n[3] [Official precinct-level results, March 3, 2026 primary (results_pct_20260303)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30\n[4] [New U.S. Senate candidate enters race, with help from consultant to GOP candidates](https://www.wunc.org/politics/2025-08-20/orrick-quick-high-point-senate-candidate-enters-race) - WUNC, accessed 2026-07-30\n[5] [Early voting in the N.C. primaries starts Thursday. Meet the top Republicans running for Senate.](https://ncnewsline.com/2026/02/11/voting-in-the-republican-u-s-senate-primary-begins-thursday-meet-the-top-candidates/) - NC Newsline, accessed 2026-07-30\n[6] [Candidate overview: QUICK, ORRICK ROMAINE (S6NC00423)](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6NC00423/) - Federal Election Commission, accessed 2026-07-30\n[7] [Statewide voter registration file, Guilford County (ncvoter41.zip)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/data/ncvoter41.zip) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30\n[8] [Statewide voter history file, Guilford County (ncvhis41.zip)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/data/ncvhis41.zip) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30","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":"Orrick","fullname":"Orrick Romaine Quick","lastname":"Quick","middlename":"Romaine","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":"DEM","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":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"us_senate","office_title":"U.S. Senator","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Guilford County since 2001.","terms":[],"token":"297c356fa06bb2dd"}