{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJoshua Brandon Oliver ran as a Republican candidate for one of two Swain County Board of Education seats in the March 3, 2026 primary. He placed third among three Republican candidates with 655 votes, behind Lisa (Stoltzfus) Loftis (986) and Jason Lambert (730), who advanced to the November 3, 2026 general election. Oliver will not appear on the November ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Joshua Brandon Oliver is a registered voter, registered since 1998 (28 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. The voter file shows a year of birth of 1980; 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 7 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_school_board","county":"swain","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Swain County Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Joshua","fullname":"Joshua Brandon Oliver","lastname":"Oliver","middlename":"Brandon","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Swain County Board Of Education","county":"swain","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"swain","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"swain","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Swain County Board Of Education","county":"swain","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"swain","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 Swain County since 1998.","terms":[],"token":"2a139529bc88ba4b"}