{"biography":"Robin Powell Lyles is the Republican candidate for Madison County Sheriff on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot, having filed his candidacy on December 1, 2025 [1]. This is his second bid for the office.\n\n## Office history\nLyles ran for the same office in 2022. He and Tim Buckner were the two candidates in the May 17, 2022 Republican primary; Lyles advanced to the November 8, 2022 general election, where he faced Democratic nominee Buddy Harwood (Harwood had defeated Jim Cruzan in the Democratic primary the same day) [2]. Ballotpedia's coverage of this race does not include vote totals for either election; it directs readers to the county or state elections office for results [2].\n\n## Background and education\nNo independently published source describes Lyles's professional background or education. Ballotpedia notes he has not completed its Candidate Connection survey [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 candidate filing list (Madison County Sheriff), accessed 2026-07-20 \u2014 https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv\n[2] [Robin Lyles (Madison County Sheriff, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Robin_Lyles_(Madison_County_Sheriff,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022))","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"madison","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Madison County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Robin","fullname":"Robin Powell Lyles","lastname":"Lyles","middlename":"Powell","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Madison County Sheriff","county":"madison","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"madison","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"madison","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Madison County Sheriff","county":"madison","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"madison","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":"Robin Powell Lyles is the Republican candidate for Madison County Sheriff in 2026, having previously run for the same office in 2022.","terms":[],"token":"69ea9b7e4ed7cec7"}