{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nWayne Henry Dover ran as a Republican candidate for Swain County Sheriff in the March 3, 2026 primary. He lost to Brian E. Kirkland, 1,283 votes to 185. Dover will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Wayne Henry Dover is a registered voter, registered since 1994 (32 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. The voter file shows a year of birth of 1973; 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 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary results by precinct (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 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","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"swain","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Swain County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Wayne","fullname":"Wayne Henry Dover","lastname":"Dover","middlename":"Henry","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Swain County Sheriff","county":"swain","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"swain","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"swain","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Swain County Sheriff","county":"swain","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"swain","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 Swain County since 1994.","terms":[],"token":"410e80ee244fad04"}