{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Dennis James Stines is a registered voter in Gaston County, North Carolina, registered since 1984 (42 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Dennis James Stines's year of birth as 1959; 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\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 Dennis James Stines 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/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_dallas_twp","county":"gaston","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Gaston County Board Of Commissioners Dallas Twp"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Dennis","fullname":"Dennis James Stines","lastname":"Stines","middlename":"James","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_dallas_twp","contest_title":"Gaston County Board Of Commissioners Dallas Twp","county":"gaston","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"gaston","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"gaston","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_dallas_twp","contest_title":"Gaston County Board Of Commissioners Dallas Twp","county":"gaston","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"gaston","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 Gaston County since 1984.","terms":[],"token":"24b1996d4904206e"}