{"biography":"**Status update.** Courtney Virginia Booth lost the Democratic primary for District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 40, placing second of three candidates with 14,869 votes (36.1%); Martin Moore won with 16,191 votes (39.3%), ahead of Katie Kurdys (10,173 votes, 24.7%) (Buncombe County, March 3, 2026 primary); Moore advances to the November 3, 2026 general election [4]. Booth will not appear on the November ballot.\n\n## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCourtney Virginia Booth was a Democratic candidate for District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 40 (Buncombe County), according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [1]. Courtney filed for candidacy on December 12, 2025, for Buncombe County [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Courtney Virginia Booth is a registered voter in Buncombe County, North Carolina, registered since 2005 (21 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [2]. The voter file shows Courtney Virginia Booth's year of birth as 1978; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2]. The voter history file shows 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary [3].\n\nThis biography draws on the North Carolina State Board of Elections' candidate filing records and the state's public voter registration, history, and primary-results files. No additional published biographical information (news coverage, a campaign website, or a Ballotpedia profile) was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Courtney Virginia Booth can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (bulk CSV), accessed 2026-07-21 -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections - Voter Search -- https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at https://dl.ncsbe.gov/\n[4] North Carolina State Board of Elections, March 3, 2026 primary results by precinct (results_pct_20260303, dl.ncsbe.gov)","campaigns":[{"contest":"district_attorney_dist_040","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"District Attorney District 40"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Courtney","fullname":"Courtney Virginia Booth","lastname":"Booth","middlename":"Virginia","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"district_attorney_dist_040","contest_title":"District Attorney District 40","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"district_attorney","office_title":"District Attorney","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"district_attorney_dist_040","contest_title":"District Attorney District 40","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"district_attorney","office_title":"District Attorney","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"district_attorney","office_title":"District Attorney","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Buncombe County since 2005.","terms":[],"token":"a5080908f25e7018"}