{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Kevin Powell","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKevin Wade Powell, a Republican, is the nominee for Alexander County Register of Deeds on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot, after winning the March 3, 2026 Republican primary over incumbent Scott Hines, 3,283 votes (67.89%) to 1,553 votes (32.11%). This is his first run for public office [1][2].\n\n## Background and education\nPowell, 68, is a graduate of Alexander Central High School and has lived in Alexander County since 1962, having moved from Delaware City, Delaware [1].\n\n## Career\nPowell has owned and operated Powell Septic Tank Service for 22 years. He and his wife, Lisa, are co-owners of Apple City Broadcasting, which operates local radio stations WACB and WTLK in the Taylorsville area [1].\n\nAfter volunteering with Finding Hope Global Ministries, a $1.5 million 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Powell was elected chairman of its board of directors and served in that role for eight years before recently stepping down. He and Lisa are members of East Taylorsville Baptist Church, where Powell has served on the Budget & Finance Committee and the Building & Grounds Committee, and he currently serves on the executive committee of the Alexander County Republican Party [1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Candidates continue filing for 2026 Elections \u2013 The Taylorsville Times](https://www.taylorsvilletimes.com/2025/12/10/candidates-continue-filing-for-2026-elections/)\n- [2] [Republican primary results listed \u2013 The Taylorsville Times](https://www.taylorsvilletimes.com/2026/03/04/republican-primary-results-listed/)","firstname":"Kevin","lastname":"Powell","middlename":"Wade","suffix":null,"token":"9ad1e0d0c36c27a6"},"token":"IveOT0htsKsceiOR"},{"candidatename":"Scott H. Hines","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nScott Hunter Hines is the incumbent Republican Alexander County Register of Deeds. He lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for renomination to challenger Kevin Powell, 1,553 votes (32.11%) to 3,283 votes (67.89%), and does not appear on the November 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Hines is a registered Republican voter in Alexander County, registered since 2016, with a birth year of 1962 on file; NC's bulk voter export publishes only the year of birth, not the full date [2].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Republican primary results listed \u2013 The Taylorsville Times](https://www.taylorsvilletimes.com/2026/03/04/republican-primary-results-listed/)\n- [2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)","firstname":"Scott","lastname":"Hines","middlename":"Hunter","suffix":null,"token":"644659c1a2218f6c"},"token":"_EGAEjruGq1kifjr"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"register_of_deeds","o.office":"register_of_deeds","office":"register_of_deeds","officedescription":"The register of deeds maintains the county's permanent public record of real-property instruments \u2014 deeds, mortgages, liens, and plats \u2014 and collects the state transfer and mortgage taxes on them. The record the office keeps is the legal backbone of property ownership.","officequalities":"- Records management of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes, the recording-tax schedule, and the increasingly-electronic submission workflow used by title companies.\n- Accuracy and indexing discipline \u2014 an error in the register's records can cloud title for years.\n- Public-access service: the records are open, and the office serves both professional users and individual property owners.\n- Budget and technology literacy for maintaining a searchable, modern record system.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Register of Deeds","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Alexander County Register Of Deeds"}