{"biography":"> **Status update.** Precinda Bjorgen lost the Democratic primary for NC Senate District 37 to Raygan J. Angel, 3,384 votes to 5,632 (Iredell and Mecklenburg counties, March 3, 2026); Angel advances to the November 3, 2026 general election [3].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Precinda Carol Bjorgen is a registered voter in Iredell County, North Carolina, registered since 1998 (28 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Precinda Carol Bjorgen's year of birth as 1961; 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 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, March 3, 2026 primary results by precinct (results_pct_20260303, dl.ncsbe.gov) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20; NC Senate District 37 (DEM): Raygan J. Angel 5,632, Precinda Bjorgen 3,384.","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_senate_037","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc State Senate District 37"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Precinda","fullname":"Precinda Carol Bjorgen","lastname":"Bjorgen","middlename":"Carol","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_senate_037","contest_title":"Nc State Senate District 37","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_senate","office_title":"State Senator","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_senate_037","contest_title":"Nc State Senate District 37","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","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 Iredell County since 1998.","terms":[],"token":"9fc83f8a348dbd2f"}