{"biography":"**Status update: Carr lost the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for U.S. House, North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, finishing third of four candidates with 6,968 votes (15.8%); Richard N. Ojeda II won the primary with 18,469 votes (41.8%). Carr will not appear on the November 2026 general-election ballot [4].**\n\nLent Christopher Carr II is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District in North Carolina's 2026 elections. The North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list shows Lent Christopher Carr II filing as a DEM candidate on December 19, 2025 [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Lent Christopher Carr II is a registered voter in Hoke County, North Carolina, registered since 2018 (8 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [2]. NC's bulk voter export publishes only year of birth, not a full date; the voter file lists Lent Christopher Carr II's year of birth as 1973 [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 8 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the March 3, 2026 primary election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information beyond the candidate filing and voter records was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Lent Christopher Carr II can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter registration file, accessed 2026-07-21 (https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), accessed 2026-07-21 (https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[4] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 primary election results (`results_pct_20260303`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-24","campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_009","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Us House Of Representatives District 09"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Lent","fullname":"Lent Christopher Carr II","lastname":"Carr","middlename":"Christopher","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_009","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 09","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"us_house_009","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 09","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"II","summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Hoke County since 2018.","terms":[],"token":"da71d9d2cbb22ef1"}