{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nKenneth Walter Bentley Jr. is the Republican nominee for the North Carolina House of Representatives District 27, covering Halifax, Northampton, and Warren counties. The Republican primary was canceled because he had no opponent [1]. He faces incumbent Democrat Rodney D. Pierce in the November 3, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Kenneth Bentley Jr. - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Kenneth_Bentley_Jr.)\n- [2] NC State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Filing list, [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_027","county":"halifax","county_count":3,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 027"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Kenneth","fullname":"Kenneth Walter Bentley JR","lastname":"Bentley","middlename":"Walter","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_027","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 027","county":"halifax","county_count":3,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_027","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 027","county":"halifax","county_count":3,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"JR","summary":"Kenneth Walter Bentley Jr. is a Republican candidate for an unknown office in North Carolina in the November 3, 2026 election; no further biographical details are available in the sources.","terms":[],"token":"524aa8ad8da81eab"}