{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nGavin Szandor Miles Bell of Kittrell is the Libertarian candidate for the North Carolina Senate in District 11 in the November 3, 2026 general election [1]. He filed on December 17, 2025 and the contest has no primary [1]. District 11 comprises Franklin, Nash and Vance counties and is currently represented by Republican Lisa S. Barnes [1][7]. Bell's general-election opponents are Barnes and Democrat James D. Gailliard of Rocky Mount [1]. The Libertarian Party of North Carolina lists Bell as its District 11 state Senate candidate on its 2026 candidate page [2].\n\nTransparency USA, reporting North Carolina state campaign-finance data through June 30, 2026, shows Bell's committee, \"Gavin Bell for NC,\" with $0 in total contributions and $0 in total expenditures, and records no office currently held [8].\n\n## Office history\n\nVote Smart's record for Bell lists four Libertarian candidacies: North Carolina House District 30 in 2020, House District 2 in 2022, House District 7 in 2024, and state Senate District 11 in 2026 [3].\n\nState Board of Elections results for those races: in 2020, in a two-candidate contest for House District 30, Bell received 9,317 votes to Democrat Marcia Morey's 41,548 [6]. In 2022, in House District 2, he received 718 votes, behind Democrat Ray Jeffers (19,692) and Republican Larry Yarborough (15,674) [5]. In 2024, in House District 7, he received 1,231 votes, behind Republican Matthew Winslow (27,099) and Democrat Jesse Goslen (20,655) [4].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [2026 Candidate Listing (Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)](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] [2026 Candidates](https://www.lpnc.org/2026_candidates) - Libertarian Party of North Carolina, accessed 2026-07-30\n[3] [Gavin Bell's Biography](https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/189041/gavin-bell) - Vote Smart, accessed 2026-07-30\n[4] [2024 General Election precinct results (results_pct_20241105)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2024_11_05/results_pct_20241105.zip) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30\n[5] [2022 General Election precinct results (results_pct_20221108)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2022_11_08/results_pct_20221108.zip) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30\n[6] [2020 General Election precinct results (results_pct_20201103)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2020_11_03/results_pct_20201103.zip) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30\n[7] [Senate Member Table, 2025-2026 Session](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/MemberTable/S) - North Carolina General Assembly, accessed 2026-07-30\n[8] [Gavin Bell - North Carolina Candidate](https://www.transparencyusa.org/nc/candidate/gavin-bell) - Transparency USA, accessed 2026-07-30","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_senate_011","county":"franklin","county_count":3,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc State Senate District 11"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Gavin","fullname":"Gavin Szandor Miles Bell","lastname":"Bell","middlename":"Szandor Miles","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_senate_011","contest_title":"Nc State Senate District 11","county":"franklin","county_count":3,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","party":"LIB","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_senate_011","contest_title":"Nc State Senate District 11","county":"franklin","county_count":3,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","party":"LIB","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"LIB","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Gavin Szandor Miles Bell is the Libertarian candidate for North Carolina State Senate District\u202f11 in 2026, with a background in finance, higher\u2011education student affairs, and public speaking.","terms":[],"token":"41a0fc0ea1167ed4"}