{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nLuke Henri Hessels ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education, District 5, losing to Catherine \"Boen\" Nutting, who won 64.42% of the vote to his 35.58%. Hessels will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Hessels is a registered voter in Iredell County, North Carolina, registered since 2013 (13 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Hessels's year of birth as 1969; 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 8 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":"iredell_statesville_school_district_05","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Iredell-Statesville Schools Board Of Education District 05"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Luke","fullname":"Luke Henri Hessels","lastname":"Hessels","middlename":"Henri","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"iredell_statesville_school_district_05","contest_title":"Iredell-Statesville Schools Board Of Education District 05","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"school_board","office_title":"School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"iredell","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"iredell_statesville_school_district_05","contest_title":"Iredell-Statesville Schools Board Of Education District 05","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"school_board","office_title":"School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"school_board","office_title":"School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Iredell County since 2013.","terms":[],"token":"0df5e0fb82e560d8"}