{"biography":"Gregory Paul Mcbryde, known as Greg McBryde, is the Democratic candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives in District 97 in the 2026 general election scheduled for November 3, 2026. The Democratic primary for this seat was cancelled, allowing McBryde to advance to the November ballot unopposed in his party's primary [2].\n\nPublicly available records do not detail McBryde\u2019s education or professional career prior to his political candidacies. The information that is documented focuses on his electoral history. McBryde previously ran for the same House seat in the 2020 election, where he was defeated by Republican incumbent Jason Saine, receiving 25.9% of the vote (12,558 votes) to Saine\u2019s 74.1% (35,988 votes) [2].\n\nIn the 2026 race, McBryde will face incumbent Republican Heather Rhyne, who also advanced without a primary contest after the Republican primary was cancelled [2]. The campaign finance data filed with the state shows that McBryde\u2019s campaign has reported total contributions of $100, including a $50 personal contribution from Gregory Mcbryde himself and $50 from aggregated individual donors [20]. No expenditures have been reported yet.\n\nBallotpedia lists a campaign contact email for McBryde at gregmcbrydeforhousenc97@gmail.com, indicating a point of contact for voters and media [2]. No phone number or official campaign website is provided in the sources. Aside from the financial filing, no specific policy platform or legislative priorities have been published for the 2026 campaign at this time.\n\n## Sources\n- [2] [Greg McBryde - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Greg_McBryde)\n- [14] [Candidate Profiles \u2013 NC Voter Guide](https://ncvoterguide.org/profiles/)\n- [15] [Results from 2026 Candidate Filing - Carolina Forward](https://carolinaforward.org/blog/results-from-2026-candidate-filing/)\n- [20] [Greg McBryde - North Carolina Candidate - Transparency USA](https://www.transparencyusa.org/nc/candidate/greg-mcbryde)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_097","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 097"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Gregory","fullname":"Gregory Paul Mcbryde","lastname":"Mcbryde","middlename":"Paul","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_097","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 097","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house","office_title":"State Representative","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_house_097","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 097","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","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":[]}],"summary":"Greg McBryde is the Democratic candidate for North Carolina House District 97 in the 2026 election, having previously run in 2020.","terms":[],"token":"831901e11afe00e3"}