{"biography":"> **Status update.** Kelly Lynn Vanhorn lost the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 105 to incumbent Rep. Tricia Cotham, 800 votes to 4,372 (Mecklenburg County, March 3, 2026); Cotham advances to the November 3, 2026 general election [2].\n\nKelly Lynn Vanhorn filed as the Republican candidate for NC House of Representatives, District 105 (Mecklenburg County), on December 8, 2025, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [1].\n\nA North Carolina voter file search for \"Kelly Lynn Vanhorn\" in Mecklenburg County returns a voter registered since 2004 with a Democratic party affiliation and a 1977 birth year. Because that party affiliation conflicts with the Republican party listed on this candidate's official primary filing, ballotproject.org could not confirm the voter record and this candidate are the same person, and those unverified personal details have been omitted here pending confirmation. Voters with personal knowledge of Kelly Lynn Vanhorn can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (CSV)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) -- accessed 2026-07-24\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections, March 3, 2026 primary results by precinct (results_pct_20260303, dl.ncsbe.gov) -- accessed 2026-07-24; NC House of Representatives District 105 (REP): Tricia Ann Cotham 4,372, Kelly VanHorn 800.","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_105","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 105"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Kelly","fullname":"Kelly Lynn Vanhorn","lastname":"Vanhorn","middlename":"Lynn","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_105","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 105","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_105","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 105","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: DEM voter in Mecklenburg County since 2004.","terms":[],"token":"6ab3fee0811f32ed"}