{"biography":"**Withdrew from the NC Senate District 09 race.** The North Carolina State Board of Elections\u2019 2026 candidate filing list shows her ballot entry as \"Helen Bronson - WITHDRAWN\" [3].\n\n> **Editorial note -- candidate withdrawn.** Helen Marie Bronson filed as the Democratic candidate for NC State Senate District 09 (Bladen, Duplin, Jones, Pender, and Sampson counties) on December 19, 2025, but has since withdrawn from the race, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list, which lists the entry as \"Helen Bronson - WITHDRAWN\" [3].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Helen Marie Bronson is a registered voter in Sampson County, North Carolina, registered since 2004 (22 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Helen Marie Bronson's year of birth as 1946; 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 11 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 Helen Marie Bronson 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","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_senate_009","county":"bladen","county_count":5,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc State Senate District 09"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Helen","fullname":"Helen Marie Bronson","lastname":"Bronson","middlename":"Marie","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_senate_009","contest_title":"Nc State Senate District 09","county":"bladen","county_count":5,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_senate_009","contest_title":"Nc State Senate District 09","county":"bladen","county_count":5,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Sampson County since 2004.","terms":[],"token":"6c5158ec5ef5997f"}