{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDennis Arthur Breen is the Democratic nominee for the North Carolina House of Representatives District 17, which covers Brunswick County. The Democratic primary was canceled because he had no opponent [1]. He faces incumbent Republican Frank Iler in the November 3, 2026 general election [1]. Iler defeated Nia Moore 74.4% to 25.6% (8,385 to 2,888 votes) in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary [1][2].\n\n## Background and education\n\nPer his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, Breen earned a high school diploma from Saint Francis Preparatory School, a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Brockport in 1973, a graduate degree from SUNY Binghamton in 1977, and a law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1982 [1].\n\n## Career\n\nBreen's campaign profile lists his career experience as working as a lawyer [1].\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Dennis Breen (North Carolina) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Dennis_Breen_(North_Carolina))\n- [2] NC State Board of Elections 2026 primary precinct-level results file, [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)\n- [3] NC State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Filing list, [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_017","county":"brunswick","county_count":4,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 017"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Dennis","fullname":"Dennis Arthur Breen","lastname":"Breen","middlename":"Arthur","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_017","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 017","county":"brunswick","county_count":4,"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_017","contest_title":"Nc House Of Representatives District 017","county":"brunswick","county_count":4,"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":[]}],"summary":"Dennis Arthur Breen is the Democratic nominee for North Carolina House District\u202f20 in the 2026 election.","terms":[],"token":"eca353624087bc6b"}