A Republican running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina might not actually live in North Carolina, according to a complaint the State Board of Elections is investigating.
The elections board said Thursday it would hold a formal hearing this month into an allegation it received that candidate Margot Dupre might actually be a Florida resident.
She says it’s false. “I do live in North Carolina,” Dupre told WRAL Thursday.
Candidates for office must be North Carolina residents. Margot Dupre swore she was, under penalty of perjury, when she signed up to run for office during the candidate filing period in December. She’s one of seven Republicans seeking to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, who isn’t seeking reelection.
When she filed to run for office, she listed her address as 601 S. Kings Drive in Charlotte. That’s the address of a UPS store next to a Tropical Smoothie Cafe in a strip mall just outside Charlotte’s city center.
While some people receive their mail at post office boxes, it’s state law that people register to vote where they live, not where they pick up their mail. The complaint against Dupre, however, suggests that she might be living in the suburbs of Orlando, Florida.
The complaint alleges that Florida voter records in Dupre’s name “report the candidate is probably a registered voter in Marion County, Florida” outside of Orlando, and that “she last voted in Florida in the April 1, 2025, primary election.”
Dupre told WRAL she plans to provide a more detailed, written response to the complaint.