{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDavid H Higgins ran as a Republican candidate for the Alleghany County Board of Commissioners (a vote-for-3 race) in the March 3, 2026 primary. He placed sixth among eight Republican candidates with 391 votes; the top three -- William B. (Brant) Arnold (837), Timmy Evans (835), and Tommy C. McKnight (647) -- advanced to the November 3, 2026 general election. Higgins will not appear on the November ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, David H Higgins is a registered voter, registered since 1980 (46 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. The voter file shows a year of birth of 1960; 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 11 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":"alleghany","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Alleghany County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"David","fullname":"David H Higgins","lastname":"Higgins","middlename":"H","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Alleghany County Board Of Commissioners","county":"alleghany","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"alleghany","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"alleghany","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Alleghany County Board Of Commissioners","county":"alleghany","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"alleghany","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 Alleghany County since 1980.","terms":[],"token":"0ec3c7a5a88cf79c"}