{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAmanda Barton Wortman ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Cabarrus County Schools Board of Education, one of five candidates competing for three nominations. She finished fifth with 17.69% of the vote; Robert Kirk (25.44%), William L. Barbee (19.14%), and Bubba Hartsell (19.10%) won the three Republican nominations. Wortman will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Wortman is a registered voter in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, registered since 2008 (18 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Wortman's year of birth as 1983; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 8 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Cabarrus County Schools Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Amanda","fullname":"Amanda Barton Wortman","lastname":"Wortman","middlename":"Barton","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Schools Board Of Education","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cabarrus","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"cabarrus","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Schools Board Of Education","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cabarrus","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Cabarrus County since 2008.","terms":[],"token":"9af72e38efd76f07"}