{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nTim Barrett is the incumbent Clerk of Superior Court for Clay County, North Carolina, first elected to the position in 2010 [1][2]. He is the Republican candidate on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for Clay County Clerk of Superior Court, the office responsible for the county's probate court, judicial administration, records, and finances.\n\n## Background and education\n\nBarrett grew up in Hayesville, North Carolina, the son of Emogene Barrett, and graduated from Hayesville High School in 1986. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Western Carolina University in 1990 [3].\n\n## Career\n\nBarrett spent 15 years with North Carolina Community Corrections as a probation/parole officer \u2014 ten years in Winston-Salem and five years in Clay and Cherokee counties \u2014 before working four years as a Farm Bureau Insurance agent. He was elected Clerk of Superior Court for Clay County in 2010 [1][3].\n\n## Office history\n\nBarrett previously ran for reelection as Clay County Clerk of Superior Court in the November 8, 2022 general election [4].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Clay County Leadership](https://www.clayconc.com/clay-county-leadership) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19\n[2] [List of Elected Officials \u2014 Clay County Board of Elections](https://elections.claync.us/list-of-elected-officials) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19\n[3] [Elect Tim Barrett for Clay County Clerk of Superior Court](http://myplace.frontier.com/~thebarretts9/electbarrett/) (candidate's own campaign site; biographical details are self-described, from his original 2010 campaign)\n[4] [J. Tim Barrett (Clay County Clerk of Superior Court, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/J._Tim_Barrett_(Clay_County_Clerk_of_Superior_Court,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022)) (cited only because no primary source documents the 2022 race specifically)","campaigns":[{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","county":"clay","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Clay County Clerk Of Superior Court"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Jon","fullname":"Jon Timothy Barrett","lastname":"Barrett","middlename":"Timothy","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","contest_title":"Clay County Clerk Of Superior Court","county":"clay","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"clay","office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"clay","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","contest_title":"Clay County Clerk Of Superior Court","county":"clay","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"clay","office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Jon Timothy Barrett is the Republican candidate for Clay County Clerk of Superior Court in the 2026 North Carolina primary.","terms":[],"token":"4869719f87b42102"}