{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nLenton Credelle Brown ran as a Democrat in the 2026 primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 9. He lost the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary to Claire Kempner.\n\n## Background and education\n\nBrown was born in Ahoskie, North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in psychology from East Carolina University in 1979.\n\n## Career\n\nBrown served in the United States Navy from 1982 to 1991. After his military service, he pursued a real estate career, studying at J.Y. Monk and becoming a licensed broker and realtor.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Lenton Brown \u2013 Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Lenton_Brown)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_009","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 009"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Lenton","fullname":"Lenton Credelle Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"Credelle","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_009","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 009","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_009","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 009","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","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":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"7e6463fd16dd8986"}