{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Robert S. (Rob) Taylor III","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"Robert Samuel Taylor III is a Republican candidate for District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 33 in North Carolina's 2026 elections. The North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list shows Robert Samuel Taylor III filing as a unaffiliated-party (blank on the filing list) candidate on December 1, 2025 [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Robert Samuel Taylor III is a registered voter in Davie County, North Carolina, registered since 1995 (31 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. NC's bulk voter export publishes only year of birth, not a full date; the voter file lists Robert Samuel Taylor III's year of birth as 1968 [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 16 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the March 3, 2026 primary election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information beyond the candidate filing and voter records was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Robert Samuel Taylor III can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter registration file, accessed 2026-07-21 (https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), accessed 2026-07-21 (https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Robert","lastname":"Taylor","middlename":"Samuel","suffix":"III","token":"a106dbe8f9894dfd"},"token":"Weod5gZoSeoqvpCk"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"district_attorney_general","o.office":"district_attorney","office":"district_attorney","officedescription":"The district attorney general is the elected chief prosecutor for a judicial district \u2014 deciding what cases are charged, presenting cases to the grand jury, and prosecuting criminal matters. It is a leadership role over a public-law office with wide discretion.","officequalities":"- Prosecutorial leadership of a district attorney's office of attorneys, investigators, and victim-services staff.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, and prosecutorial ethics under the Rules of Professional Conduct.\n- Charging-policy judgment that shapes the whole criminal-court docket \u2014 what is presented to the grand jury, diverted, or resolved by plea.\n- Budget and personnel management of a public-law-office operation.\n- Public-facing communication on cases of community concern, in cooperation with police, courts, and victim communities.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"District Attorney","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"District Attorney District 33"}