{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDavid Bari Buzzard ran as a Republican in the 2026 primary for North Carolina's 7th Congressional District, challenging incumbent David Rouzer. He lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary to Rouzer.\n\n## Background and education\n\nBuzzard is from Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is a U.S. Army veteran. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.\n\n## Career\n\nBuzzard has worked as a veterans advocate and has been affiliated with HBOT4Heroes, an organization focused on hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [David Buzzard \u2013 Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/David_Buzzard_(North_Carolina))","campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_007","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Us House Of Representatives District 07"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"David","fullname":"David Bari Buzzard","lastname":"Buzzard","middlename":"Bari","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_007","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 07","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"us_house_007","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 07","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"a3a33f798728a4d1"}