{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Ricky Van Hughes is a registered voter in Person County, North Carolina, registered since 2002 (24 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Ricky Van Hughes's year of birth as 1968; 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 6 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\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 Ricky Van Hughes 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/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"person","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Person County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Ricky","fullname":"Ricky Van Hughes","lastname":"Hughes","middlename":"Van","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Person County Board Of Commissioners","county":"person","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"person","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"person","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Person County Board Of Commissioners","county":"person","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"person","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Person County since 2002.","terms":[],"token":"4fae301c853fc3d3"}