{"biography":"**March 3, 2026 primary result: Rich lost the Democratic primary for Orange County Register of Deeds, finishing second of two candidates with 11,682 votes to Amy Jo McLamb's 14,749 [3].**\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Penny Rich is a registered voter in Orange County, North Carolina, registered since 1998 (28 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Penny Rich's year of birth as 1959; 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 16 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Penny Rich can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, official March 3, 2026 primary election results (`results_pct_20260303`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/index.html?prefix=ENRS/2026_03_03/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"register_of_deeds","county":"orange","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Orange County Register Of Deeds"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Penny","fullname":"Penny Rich","lastname":"Rich","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"register_of_deeds","contest_title":"Orange County Register Of Deeds","county":"orange","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"orange","office_key":"register_of_deeds","office_title":"Register of Deeds","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"orange","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"register_of_deeds","contest_title":"Orange County Register Of Deeds","county":"orange","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"orange","office_key":"register_of_deeds","office_title":"Register of Deeds","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"register_of_deeds","office_title":"Register of Deeds","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Orange County since 1998.","terms":[],"token":"d16d4d0ff4311d29"}