Paul Barringer is an attorney, health care policy expert, husband, father, and Eagle Scout who grew up on his family’s farm along the Deep River in Lee County. He attended Lee County public schools, Davidson College, Princeton, and UNC Law. He spent more than 25 years in health care helping government programs work better for the people they serve. In 2025 he returned home to care for his mother and run the family tree farm with his wife, Marcea. Paul would bring North Carolina’s 13th District a focus on fiscal discipline, practical health care reform, and a Congress that does its constitutional job of overseeing the executive branch.