{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n**Status update.** Girard lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for U.S. House, North Carolina's 5th Congressional District. Incumbent Virginia Foxx won with 74.5% (53,627 votes); Joseph Osborne placed second with 11.0% (7,934 votes); Girard placed third with 8.9% (6,404 votes); Roman Williams II placed fourth with 5.5% (3,979 votes) of 71,944 total votes cast. Foxx advances to face Chuck Hubbard (D), Robert Luffman (L), and David Clayton (Independent) on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [4].\n\nRobert Stephen Girard (listed on the ballot as \"Steve Girard\") was a Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, North Carolina's 5th Congressional District, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [1]. Robert filed for candidacy on December 1, 2025, for a multi-county northwestern North Carolina district including Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, and Guilford Counties [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Robert Stephen Girard is a registered voter in Ashe County, North Carolina, registered since 2025 (1 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. The voter file shows Robert Stephen Girard'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]. The voter history file shows 1 elections voted in since 2026, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary [3].\n\nVoters with personal knowledge of Robert Stephen Girard can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (bulk CSV), accessed 2026-07-21 -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections - 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[4] North Carolina State Board of Elections, March 3, 2026 certified primary results, U.S. House District 5 Republican primary (accessed 2026-07-24); Ballotpedia, \"Steve Girard\" (ballotpedia.org)","campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_005","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Us House Of Representatives District 05"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Robert","fullname":"Robert Stephen Girard","lastname":"Girard","middlename":"Stephen","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_005","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 05","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"us_house_005","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 05","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Ashe County since 2025.","terms":[],"token":"368585c2941202e5"}