{"biography":"**Passed away.** Kim DeLaney (Kimberly Starr Delaney) was a Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives, District 73 (Cabarrus County), in the 2026 election cycle; she filed to run on December 1, 2025 and died before the election. The North Carolina State Board of Elections 2026 candidate filing list records her ballot entry as \"Kim DeLaney - DECEASED\" [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 Candidate Filing list](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-27","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_073","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 073"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Kimberly","fullname":"Kimberly Starr Delaney","lastname":"Delaney","middlename":"Starr","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_073","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 073","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_073","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 073","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"471d980f52b6d433"}