{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nHoward Samuel Claggett ran as a Democratic candidate in the March 3, 2026 primary for Forsyth County Board Of Education District 01, finishing 6th of 6 Democratic candidates with 1,442 votes. The top 2 advanced to the November 3, 2026 general election, and Howard Samuel Claggett was not among them, per the NC State Board of Elections' official precinct-level primary results [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Howard Samuel Claggett is a registered voter in Forsyth County, North Carolina, registered since 1991 (35 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Howard Samuel Claggett's year of birth as 1962; 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\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Howard Samuel Claggett can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results \u2014 NC State Board of Elections](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/FORSYTH_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\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_district_01","county":"forsyth","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Forsyth County Board Of Education District 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Howard","fullname":"Howard Samuel Claggett","lastname":"Claggett","middlename":"Samuel","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_01","contest_title":"Forsyth County Board Of Education District 01","county":"forsyth","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"forsyth","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"forsyth","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_01","contest_title":"Forsyth County Board Of Education District 01","county":"forsyth","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"forsyth","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","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: DEM voter in Forsyth County since 1991.","terms":[],"token":"19e98b06ca9c94ae"}