{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKathryn \"Kate\" Compton Barr ran as a Republican in the 2026 primary for North Carolina's 14th Congressional District, challenging incumbent Timothy K. Moore [1][2]. She openly identifies as a lifelong Democrat and entered the Republican primary specifically to draw attention to gerrymandering [1][2]. She lost to Moore in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary [3]; NC State Board of Elections candidate filing records show Barr filed only for the primary while Moore filed for both the primary and the November 3, 2026 general election, where he faces Democrat Lakesha Womack [3][4].\n\nBarr's central campaign issue was gerrymandering and redistricting reform. On economic policy, she supported making the first $100,000 of income tax-free, raising the minimum wage to $20 per hour, and progressive taxation on high earners [1].\n\n## Background and education\nBarr was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She graduated from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in 2000, earned a bachelor's degree in biology and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004, and a master's degree in health behavior from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2008 [3].\n\n## Career\nBarr worked as a behavioral scientist at the University of Michigan before returning to North Carolina [1][3]. She later served as CEO of Pip and Grow, a North Carolina company that manufactures eco-conscious cardboard baby bassinets marketed as the \"Smitten\" baby box, before stepping back from that role in 2021 to focus on her career in behavioral science [1]. She is also a part-owner of a small business [3].\n\n## Family\nBarr has been married to her husband for 20 years and is the mother of two children [1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Facing the voters: Kate Compton Barr \u2014 Shelby Independent](https://www.shelbyindependent.com/post/facing-the-voters-kate-compton-barr)\n- [2] [N.C. Democrat runs as Republican to shed light on gerrymandering \u2014 Spectrum Local News](https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2026/01/05/n-c--democrat-runs-as-republican-to-shed-light-on-gerrymandering)\n- [3] [Kate Barr \u2014 Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Kate_Barr) (used only for the birthplace, education, and primary-result facts not available from any other public source found)\n- [4] [North Carolina State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Filing listing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv), accessed 2026-07-20\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_014","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Us House Of Representatives District 14"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Kathryn","fullname":"Kathryn Leigh Compton Barr","lastname":"Barr","middlename":"Leigh Compton","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_014","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 14","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_014","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 14","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":"dd06dd8a8f757242"}