{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nScott Hunter Hines is the incumbent Republican Alexander County Register of Deeds. He lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for renomination to challenger Kevin Powell, 1,553 votes (32.11%) to 3,283 votes (67.89%), and does not appear on the November 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Hines is a registered Republican voter in Alexander County, registered since 2016, with a birth year of 1962 on file; NC's bulk voter export publishes only the year of birth, not the full date [2].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Republican primary results listed \u2013 The Taylorsville Times](https://www.taylorsvilletimes.com/2026/03/04/republican-primary-results-listed/)\n- [2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"register_of_deeds","county":"alexander","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Alexander County Register Of Deeds"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Scott","fullname":"Scott Hunter Hines","lastname":"Hines","middlename":"Hunter","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"register_of_deeds","contest_title":"Alexander County Register Of Deeds","county":"alexander","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"alexander","office_key":"register_of_deeds","office_title":"Register of Deeds","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"alexander","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"register_of_deeds","contest_title":"Alexander County Register Of Deeds","county":"alexander","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"alexander","office_key":"register_of_deeds","office_title":"Register of Deeds","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"register_of_deeds","office_title":"Register of Deeds","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Alexander County since 2016.","terms":[],"token":"644659c1a2218f6c"}