{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDiannia Carla Bright of Cove City is the Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives in District 3, in Craven County, in the November 3, 2026 general election [1]. She filed on December 19, 2025 and the contest has no primary [1]. Her general-election opponents are Republican Steve Tyson and Libertarian Angela Humphries, both of New Bern [1]. Tyson won the District 3 seat in the 2024 general election with 29,825 votes to Democrat Linda G. Moore's 18,530 [3].\n\n## Career\n\nBright's campaign biography states that she has served as a special education teacher for over 22 years and that she was named Special Education Teacher of the Year for Lenoir County Public Schools during the 2021-2022 school year [5]. The same account credits her with 14 years at Caswell Center \"providing care and support to individuals with mental health challenges,\" and describes her as \"a Qualified Professional with more than 20 years of experience at Human Resource Unlimited in New Bern, where she has advocated for families navigating mental health and behavioral health services\" [5]. Her campaign biography also identifies her as a member of the New Bern Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (2018) [5]. Her stated priorities are \"education, healthcare, mental health services, and the overall well-being of her community\" [5].\n\n## Office history\n\nBright sits on the Town of Dover Board of Commissioners; Craven County's municipal listing for Dover names her as an alderwoman on the board [2]. She was elected to it in the November 5, 2024 municipal election, finishing fourth among eleven candidates for five seats with 93 votes [3]. She had run for the same board in the November 8, 2022 election, placing sixth among ten candidates for five seats with 71 votes [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] [Dover - Municipalities](https://www.cravencountync.gov/1836/Dover) - Craven County, North Carolina, accessed 2026-07-30\n[3] [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[4] [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[5] [Diannia Bright for State House](https://www.dianniabrightforstatehouse.com/) - Committee of Diannia Bright campaign site, accessed 2026-07-30","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_003","county":"beaufort","county_count":7,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 003"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Diannia","fullname":"Diannia Carla Bright","lastname":"Bright","middlename":"Carla","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_003","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 003","county":"beaufort","county_count":7,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_003","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 003","county":"beaufort","county_count":7,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","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":[]}],"summary":"Diannia Bright is a Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House in 2026, a retired educator and former Dover Town Council candidate.","terms":[],"token":"532444ed0d3d4a1c"}