{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\n**Paul Michael Barbee lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary and will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for this race.** Paul Michael Barbee ran as the Republican candidate for Stanly County Board of Commissioners District 01, receiving 1,486 votes to Lane Furr's 3,187, per North Carolina State Board of Elections certified primary results [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Paul Michael Barbee is a registered voter in Stanly County, North Carolina, registered since 1970 (56 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Paul Michael Barbee's year of birth as 1949; 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 12 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\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 Paul Michael Barbee can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary results, STANLY County precinct-level results (`STANLY_PRECINCT_SORT.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/STANLY_PRECINCT_SORT.txt -- accessed 2026-07-23\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- 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_commission_district_01","county":"stanly","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Stanly County Board Of Commissioners District 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Paul","fullname":"Paul Michael Barbee","lastname":"Barbee","middlename":"Michael","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","contest_title":"Stanly County Board Of Commissioners District 01","county":"stanly","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"stanly","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"stanly","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","contest_title":"Stanly County Board Of Commissioners District 01","county":"stanly","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"stanly","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Stanly County since 1970.","terms":[],"token":"73e4afef468e23fb"}