Kevin Crutchfield

Kevin Crutchfield is the Republican candidate for North Carolina State Senate District 34 in the November 3, 2026 general election, running against Democrat April Cook.[1][3] A small business owner who served in the North Carolina House from 2023 to 2025, he won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary over incumbent Chris Measmer.[1]

Kevin Crutchfield was born in Kingston, New York, and graduated from Owego Free Academy in 1978.[1] He earned an associate degree from SUNY Broome Community College in 1981 and a computer science equivalency from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1992.[1] His career includes work as an electronic technician engineer, purchasing agent and software developer for IBM, a national sales manager for Cabarrus Plastics, and an executive at Rite Lite Signs, the Crutchfield Group and Casco Signs.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, he said he and his wife started Casco Signs in Concord in 1998.[2]

Crutchfield won the 2022 Republican primary and then the general election, unopposed, for North Carolina House of Representatives District 83.[1] He served in the House from 2023 to 2025 and was assigned to the Appropriations, Appropriations on Education, Education - Universities, Health, and Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development committees.[1] He lost the 2024 Republican primary for House District 82 to Brian Echevarria.[1]

In the 2026 Ballotpedia survey, Crutchfield listed cost of living, planning for growth in Cabarrus County and public safety as his key messages.[2] He said he sponsored the HOPE Act, which strengthened North Carolina's laws against human trafficking, and that state appropriations of $180 million were brought back to Cabarrus County for infrastructure.[2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.