{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Patricia Gail Edwards is a registered voter in Avery County, North Carolina, registered since 1976 (50 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Patricia Gail Edwards's year of birth as 1952; 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 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nPatricia Gail Edwards was a candidate for the Avery County Board of Education in the nonpartisan election held March 3, 2026, in which the top two of 5 finishers were elected outright to the board (this contest was decided in a single election with no subsequent November runoff). Edwards received 940 votes, finishing 4th of 5, and was not elected [3].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records and the state's certified election results. Voters with personal knowledge of Patricia Gail Edwards 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/)\n\n[3] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 election certified results, Avery County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/AVERY_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"avery","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Avery County Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Patricia","fullname":"Patricia Gail Edwards","lastname":"Edwards","middlename":"Gail","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Avery County Board Of Education","county":"avery","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"avery","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"avery","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Avery County Board Of Education","county":"avery","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"avery","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"","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 Avery County since 1976.","terms":[],"token":"2e5e25e89d0f5204"}