{"biography":"> **Editorial note \u2014 lost March 2026 primary.** Rouse placed 4th of 5 Republican candidates in the March 3, 2026 primary for US House District 1, receiving 3,626 votes (5.4%) to winner Laurie Buckhout's 26,624 votes (39.5%); Rouse will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [3].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Eric Sean Rouse is a registered voter in Lenoir County, North Carolina, registered since 1998 (28 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Eric Sean Rouse's year of birth as 1972; 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 14 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 Eric Sean Rouse 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, March 3, 2026 Official Precinct-Level Results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 US House District 1 Republican primary, accessed 2026-07-24","campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_001","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Us House Of Representatives District 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Eric","fullname":"Eric Sean Rouse","lastname":"Rouse","middlename":"Sean","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"us_house_001","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"us_house_001","contest_title":"Us House Of Representatives District 01","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"us_house","office_title":"U.S. Representative","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Lenoir County since 1998.","terms":[],"token":"5ece93677bfb42a4"}