{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nWilliam Randy Burton ran as the Republican candidate for Pender County Board of Commissioners District 02 in the March 3, 2026 primary but did not advance, receiving 2397 votes to Ryan Collins's 4022, per North Carolina State Board of Elections certified primary results [1]. William Randy Burton will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for this race.\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, William Randy Burton is a registered voter in Pender County, North Carolina, registered since 2002 (24 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows William Randy Burton's year of birth as 1967; 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 10 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 William Randy Burton can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary results, PENDER County precinct-level results (`PENDER_PRECINCT_SORT.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/PENDER_PRECINCT_SORT.txt \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\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_commission_district_02","county":"pender","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Pender County Board Of Commissioners District 02"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"William","fullname":"William Randy Burton","lastname":"Burton","middlename":"Randy","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_02","contest_title":"Pender County Board Of Commissioners District 02","county":"pender","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"pender","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"pender","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_02","contest_title":"Pender County Board Of Commissioners District 02","county":"pender","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"pender","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 Pender County since 2002.","terms":[],"token":"2c5b47132ee42990"}