{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRobert \"Bobby\" Hanig is a Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate representing District 1; he assumed office January 1, 2025 and is not running for re-election to that seat in 2026 [1]. Hanig instead sought the Republican nomination for North Carolina's 1st Congressional District in 2026; Laurie Buckhout defeated him and three other candidates (Asa Buck, Eric Rouse, and Ashley-Nicole Russell) in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary, with Hanig finishing third at 16.2% of the vote (10,924 votes) [1].\n\n## Background and education\nHanig lives in Currituck County, North Carolina, and served in the U.S. Army [1].\n\n## Career\nHanig owns and serves as president of The Pool Guy, a pool-service business [1].\n\n## Office history\nHanig has held a series of North Carolina legislative offices: NC House District 6 (2019\u20132022), NC Senate District 1 (2022\u20132023), NC Senate District 3 (2023\u20132025), and currently NC Senate District 1 (2025\u20132027) [1]. During the 2025\u20132026 session he chairs the Appropriations on General Government and Information Technology Committee and the Senate State and Local Government Committee, and serves on the Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Committee, Education/Higher Education Committee, and Senate Transportation Committee [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Hanig is a registered Republican voter in Currituck County, registered since 1993, and has voted in 15 elections since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary [2][3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Robert Hanig - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Bobby_Hanig) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 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/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_001","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Us House Of Representatives District 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Robert","fullname":"Robert Otho Hanig","lastname":"Hanig","middlename":"Otho","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_001","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"us_house_001","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Currituck County since 1993.","terms":[],"token":"3c1bd5d68ba30ff8"}