{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAngela Wokatsch Matthews ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Iredell County Board of Commissioners, one of six candidates competing for three nominations. She finished last with 12.73% of the vote; Scottie Brown (20.01%), Brent Goddard (18.07%), and Bert Connolly (17.64%) won the three Republican nominations. Matthews will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Matthews is a registered voter in Iredell County, North Carolina, registered since 1994 (32 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Matthews's year of birth as 1973; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 10 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 \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)\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/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Angela","fullname":"Angela Wokatsch Matthews","lastname":"Matthews","middlename":"Wokatsch","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"iredell","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Iredell County since 1994.","terms":[],"token":"0782297a8fb049b2"}