{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nHoward William Knepper ran as the Republican candidate for Haywood County Board of Commissioners in the March 3, 2026 primary but did not advance, receiving 1139 votes; the top three finishers (David Burnette, Tommy Long, and Jeff Stines) advanced to the November 3, 2026 general election, per North Carolina State Board of Elections certified primary results [1]. Howard William Knepper will not appear on the November ballot for this race.\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Howard William Knepper is a registered voter in Haywood County, North Carolina, registered since 2025 (1 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Howard William Knepper's year of birth as 1961; 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 1 election voted in since 2026, 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 Howard William Knepper 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, HAYWOOD County precinct-level results (`HAYWOOD_PRECINCT_SORT.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/HAYWOOD_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","county":"haywood","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Haywood County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Howard","fullname":"Howard William Knepper","lastname":"Knepper","middlename":"William","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Haywood County Board Of Commissioners","county":"haywood","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"haywood","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"haywood","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Haywood County Board Of Commissioners","county":"haywood","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"haywood","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 Haywood County since 2025.","terms":[],"token":"3b652668b8afbe73"}