{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Walter Shane Guthrie is a registered voter in Carteret County, North Carolina, registered since 2023 (3 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Walter Shane Guthrie's year of birth as 1971; 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 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nIn the Republican primary for Carteret County Sheriff, held March 3, 2026, Walter Shane Guthrie received 3,122 votes and lost to John Nyberg, who received 9,254 votes [3]. Walter Shane Guthrie will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for this office [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 Walter Shane Guthrie 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 certified March 3, 2026 primary precinct-level results (`results_pct_20260303`)](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/index.html?prefix=ENRS/2026_03_03/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"carteret","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Carteret County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Walter","fullname":"Walter Shane Guthrie","lastname":"Guthrie","middlename":"Shane","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Carteret County Sheriff","county":"carteret","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"carteret","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"carteret","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Carteret County Sheriff","county":"carteret","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"carteret","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 Carteret County since 2023.","terms":[],"token":"4f45b4cb93a01cbf"}