{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nBradley Raymond Hall ran as a Democratic candidate for one of two Swain County Board of Commissioners member seats in the March 3, 2026 primary. He placed third among three Democratic candidates with 368 votes, behind Erika Smith (672) and Chris Reed (546), who advanced to the November 3, 2026 general election. Hall will not appear on the November ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Bradley Raymond Hall is a registered voter, registered since 2020 (6 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [2]. The voter file shows a year of birth of 1982; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2]. The voter history file shows 7 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary results by precinct (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"swain","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Swain County Board Of Commissioners Members"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Bradley","fullname":"Bradley Raymond Hall","lastname":"Hall","middlename":"Raymond","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Swain County Board Of Commissioners Members","county":"swain","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"swain","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"swain","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Swain County Board Of Commissioners Members","county":"swain","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"swain","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Swain County since 2020.","terms":[],"token":"0501019f3bcef34c"}