{"biography":"**Status update: Koperski lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for NC House District 89, receiving 1,286 votes (13.8%) to Mitchell Smith Setzer's 8,022 votes (86.2%); she will not appear on the November 2026 general-election ballot [4].**\n\nLisa Deaton Koperski filed as the Republican candidate for NC House Of Representatives District 089 (Catawba and Iredell counties) on December 12, 2025, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [3].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Lisa Deaton Koperski is a registered voter in Catawba County, North Carolina, registered since 1992 (34 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Lisa Deaton Koperski's year of birth as 1966; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 7 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records and the state's official candidate filing list. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Lisa Deaton Koperski can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[3] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- 2026 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv), accessed 2026-07-21\n\n[4] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 primary election results (`results_pct_20260303`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-24","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_089","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 089"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Lisa","fullname":"Lisa Deaton Koperski","lastname":"Koperski","middlename":"Deaton","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_089","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 089","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_089","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 089","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","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":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Catawba County since 1992.","terms":[],"token":"5bfe1a3e681d5f2b"}