{"biography":"> **Editorial note \u2014 candidate withdrawn.** Claude Dorsey Harris III withdrew his candidacy for North Carolina House District 1 after filing as the Democratic nominee. NC State Board of Elections candidate-filing records list him as \"Claude (Dorsey) Harris - WITHDRAWN\" [1]. He is retained here as a record of his filed candidacy.\n\n## Current office and 2026 campaign\nClaude Dorsey Harris III filed on December 19, 2025 as the Democratic candidate for North Carolina House of Representatives District 1, which covers Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties, but subsequently withdrew from the race, per NC State Board of Elections candidate-filing records [1]. With his withdrawal, Republican candidate Edward C. Goodwin is the only candidate listed on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for the seat [1].\n\nNo further public biographical information about Harris \u2014 education, career, or prior public service \u2014 has been located.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (CSV)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_001","county":"beaufort","county_count":14,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 001"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Claude","fullname":"Claude Dorsey Harris III","lastname":"Harris","middlename":"Dorsey","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_001","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 001","county":"beaufort","county_count":14,"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_001","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 001","county":"beaufort","county_count":14,"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":[]}],"suffix":"III","summary":"Claude Dorsey Harris\u202fIII is the Democratic candidate for North Carolina House District\u202f1 in the 2026 election, with limited public biographical information available.","terms":[],"token":"c2214a74e8dcf790"}