{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nTony Durden Jr. is the sitting Sheriff of Caswell County, North Carolina, according to the Caswell County government's official website, which lists him as the current Sheriff [1]. He filed to run for re-election as the Democratic candidate for Caswell County Sheriff in the November 3, 2026 general election; no candidate filed against him in the Democratic primary, per a Caswell County Board of Elections candidate-filing roundup published by the Caswell Messenger, which names him alongside Republican nominee Eric Crisp [2]. Durden previously ran for the office as the Democratic nominee in the November 8, 2022 general election, according to Ballotpedia; Ballotpedia's own coverage of that race notes it does not have election-result or incumbency information on file for that contest [3].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [Sheriff's Office \u2014 Caswell County, NC (official county government website)](https://www.caswellcountync.gov/sheriff-office) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n\n[2] [Caswell County Primary set for Tuesday, March 3 \u2014 Caswell Messenger](https://www.caswellmessenger.com/news/article_699308d1-d6bd-40f1-be18-9f31872e8619.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n\n[3] [Tony Durden (Caswell County Sheriff, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tony_Durden_(Caswell_County_Sheriff,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022)) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"caswell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Caswell County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Tony","fullname":"Tony Durden JR","lastname":"Durden","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Caswell County Sheriff","county":"caswell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"caswell","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"caswell","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Caswell County Sheriff","county":"caswell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"caswell","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"JR","summary":"Tony Durden\u202fJr., incumbent Democratic Sheriff of Caswell County, NC, is running for re\u2011election in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"4d92df36cb401c1e"}