{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDaniel Hines Entzminger is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Court Judge, District 3, Seat 1, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [2].\n\n## Office history\nEntzminger previously ran for North Carolina Judicial District 3A (Leech Seat) in 2016. He led the March 15, 2016 primary field with 33.24% of the vote (11,519 votes), then lost the November 8, 2016 general election to Wendy Hazelton, 52.37% to 47.63% (36,964 to 33,617 votes) [1]. District Court judges in North Carolina must be licensed attorneys, residents of the district, and under age 72 [1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Daniel Entzminger - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Daniel_Entzminger)\n- [2] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing list (District Court Judge District 03 Seat 01), accessed 2026-07-20","campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_003_seat_01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc District Court Judge District 03 Seat 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Daniel","fullname":"Daniel Hines Entzminger","lastname":"Entzminger","middlename":"Hines","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_003_seat_01","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 03 Seat 01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"district_court_judge","office_title":"District Court Judge","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"district_court_judge_dist_003_seat_01","contest_title":"Nc District Court Judge District 03 Seat 01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"district_court_judge","office_title":"District Court Judge","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"district_court_judge","office_title":"District Court Judge","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Daniel Hines Entzmenger is a Republican former judicial candidate in North Carolina, listed for the 2026 election with no specific office identified.","terms":[],"token":"48b37ff1ca10c5f4"}