Matthew Laszacs

According to his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, Matthew Laszacs was born in Philadelphia, the son of military parents, and raised in Millington, Tennessee. He moved to North Carolina in 2001 and has lived there since.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from North Carolina Wesleyan College in 2009 while working full time and raising two children.[2] He describes himself as a business executive with 20 years of experience building and leading teams.[2]

Ballotpedia lists campaign finance records for Laszacs in two prior general elections, for North Carolina State Senate District 14 in 2022 and North Carolina House of Representatives District 41 in 2024, both of which he lost.[2] In the 2024 District 41 race, incumbent Maria Cervania (D) won the seat.[2] He advanced to the 2026 general election after the March 3, 2026 Libertarian primary for the 2nd District was canceled.[2] During the campaign, he said Congress had ceded too much power to the executive and judicial branches.[2] He received 1.3% of the vote to Deborah Ross's 75.1%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]