{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Brandon Edward Elders is a registered voter in Jackson County, North Carolina, registered since 2000 (26 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Brandon Edward Elders's year of birth as 1981; 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 7 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nBrandon Edward Elders was a Republican candidate for Jackson County Sheriff in the March 3, 2026 primary. Elders received 947 votes, finishing 2nd of 2 Republican candidates, and did not advance to the November 2026 general election [3].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records and the state's certified primary results. Voters with personal knowledge of Brandon Edward Elders 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 primary certified results, Jackson County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/JACKSON_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"jackson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Jackson County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Brandon","fullname":"Brandon Edward Elders","lastname":"Elders","middlename":"Edward","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Jackson County Sheriff","county":"jackson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"jackson","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"jackson","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Jackson County Sheriff","county":"jackson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"jackson","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Jackson County since 2000.","terms":[],"token":"3fe73f7fad7780e9"}