{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKevin Travis Raper was a Republican candidate for Wilson County Sheriff in the March 3, 2026 primary. He placed second to Bobby Knight, 1,084 votes to 1,966, and lost the primary [1]. He will not appear on the Wilson County Sheriff ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election.\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Kevin Travis Raper is a registered voter in Wilson County, North Carolina, registered since 1996 (30 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Kevin Travis Raper's year of birth as 1978; 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 16 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Kevin Travis Raper can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 primary certified precinct results, Wilson County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/WILSON_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 Wilson County Sheriff (REP), accessed 2026-07-21; also confirmed via the [NC State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Listing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\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_sheriff","county":"wilson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Wilson County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Kevin","fullname":"Kevin Travis Raper","lastname":"Raper","middlename":"Travis","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Wilson County Sheriff","county":"wilson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wilson","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"wilson","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Wilson County Sheriff","county":"wilson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wilson","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 Wilson County since 1996.","terms":[],"token":"541b790f044382c5"}