{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Billy Thomas Clayton II is a registered voter in Alamance County, North Carolina, registered since 1994 (32 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Billy Thomas Clayton II's year of birth as 1967; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 11 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nBilly Thomas Clayton II was a Republican candidate for Alamance County Sheriff in the March 3, 2026 primary. Clayton received 6,215 votes, finishing 2nd of 3 Republican candidates, and did not advance to the November 2026 general election [3].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records and the state's certified primary results. Voters with personal knowledge of Billy Thomas Clayton II can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[3] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 primary certified results, Alamance County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/ALAMANCE_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"alamance","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Alamance County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Billy","fullname":"Billy Thomas Clayton II","lastname":"Clayton","middlename":"Thomas","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Alamance County Sheriff","county":"alamance","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"alamance","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"alamance","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Alamance County Sheriff","county":"alamance","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"alamance","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"II","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Alamance County since 1994.","terms":[],"token":"0e85ed26c65cc211"}