{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nSteven Fekete JR ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Caldwell County Board of Commissioners, one of nine candidates competing for two nominations. He finished ninth (last) with 1.11% of the vote; Donnie Potter (23.42%) and Mike LaBrose (22.08%) won the two Republican nominations. Fekete will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Fekete is a registered voter in Caldwell County, North Carolina, registered since 1984 (42 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Fekete's year of birth as 1958; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 15 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] 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":"caldwell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Caldwell County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Steven","fullname":"Steven Fekete JR","lastname":"Fekete","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Caldwell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"caldwell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"caldwell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"caldwell","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Caldwell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"caldwell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"caldwell","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":[]}],"suffix":"JR","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Caldwell County since 1984.","terms":[],"token":"503787ce6ed93827"}