{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Marcellus  Buchanan IV is a registered voter in Clay County, North Carolina, registered since 1994 (32 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Marcellus  Buchanan IV's year of birth as 1961; 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 10 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 Marcellus  Buchanan IV 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/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"clay","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Clay County Sheriff"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"clay","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Clay County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Marcellus","fullname":"Marcellus Buchanan IV","lastname":"Buchanan","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Clay County Sheriff","county":"clay","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"clay","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Clay County Sheriff","county":"clay","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"clay","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"clay","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Clay County Sheriff","county":"clay","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"clay","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":[]}],"suffix":"IV","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Clay County since 1994.","terms":[],"token":"734035cc43d50894"}