{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAmanda Brown Kotis is the Democratic candidate for the Iredell County Board of Commissioners in the 2026 general election.\n\n## Career\nKotis was the Democratic nominee for North Carolina House District 95 in both the 2020 and 2022 general elections, challenging Republican incumbent Grey Mills Jr. both times (both primaries were uncontested). In 2020 she received 34.3% of the vote (19,098 votes) to Mills's 65.7% (36,557 votes); in 2022 she received 32.5% (10,854 votes) to Mills's 67.5% (22,524 votes) [1]. During her 2020 campaign, Kotis signed the U.S. Term Limits Convention pledge, committing to support a constitutional amendment establishing congressional term limits, according to the term-limits organization [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Amanda Kotis - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Amanda_Kotis) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19\n[2] [Amanda Kotis Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits - U.S. Term Limits](https://www.termlimits.com/amanda-kotis-pledges-to-support-term-limits/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Amanda","fullname":"Amanda Brown Kotis","lastname":"Kotis","middlename":"Brown","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"iredell","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Amanda Brown Kotis, a dentist and former state House candidate, is running as a Democrat for Iredell County Commissioner in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"553a2c5be534a5a1"}