{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Kenneth Brandon Absher is a registered voter in Wilkes County, North Carolina, registered since 1988 (38 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Kenneth Brandon Absher's year of birth as 1969; 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 11 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\n**Kenneth Brandon Absher was a Republican candidate for the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners in the March 3, 2026 primary (vote for two) and did not advance, finishing third of eight candidates with 947 votes; H.S. Greene (1,276 votes) and G. Keith Elmore (1,139 votes) won the two nominations.** [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 Kenneth Brandon Absher 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 official March 3, 2026 primary results, Wilkes County (WILKES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt), accessed 2026-07-23: https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/WILKES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"wilkes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Wilkes County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Kenneth","fullname":"Kenneth Brandon Absher","lastname":"Absher","middlename":"Brandon","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Wilkes County Board Of Commissioners","county":"wilkes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wilkes","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"wilkes","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Wilkes County Board Of Commissioners","county":"wilkes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wilkes","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 Wilkes County since 1988.","terms":[],"token":"4b2168b3a39aa7ae"}