{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nPatrick \"Bubba\" Lynn Hartsell won one of three Republican nominations for the Cabarrus County Schools Board of Education in the March 3, 2026 primary, finishing third among five candidates with 19.10% of the vote (Robert Kirk led with 25.44%, William L. Barbee was second with 19.14%). Hartsell advances to the November 3, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Hartsell is a registered voter in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, registered since 2018 (8 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Hartsell's year of birth as 1985; 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 13 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_school_board","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Cabarrus County Schools Board Of Education"},{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Cabarrus County Schools Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Patrick","fullname":"Patrick Lynn Hartsell","lastname":"Hartsell","middlename":"Lynn","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Schools Board Of Education","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"cabarrus","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Schools Board Of Education","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cabarrus","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"cabarrus","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Schools Board Of Education","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cabarrus","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Cabarrus County since 2018.","terms":[],"token":"18e26ef807d45e58"}