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2 candidates are tracked for North Carolina House District 55 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Clancy Baucom and John J. Kirkpatrick IV. Candidate information follows official Union County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Clancy Baucom (Republican), John J. Kirkpatrick IV (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Rep. Mark Brody (Republican), the sitting member per the General Assembly's roster, is not on the November ballot. Party nominees were chosen at the March 3 primary (a second primary is held only when no one reaches 30 percent plus one); unaffiliated candidates qualified by petition. The field is the State Board of Elections' certified general-election candidate list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Republican
Clancy Baucom is a Union County commissioner who operated a wholesale nursery business in Marshville for 37 years, per his campaign site and the Enquirer Journal.
Source: candidate campaign site.
Campaign site →Democratic
John J. Kirkpatrick IV works as an educator and holds a bachelor's degree from Morris College, per a Branch Vote candidate profile. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.