{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Terri Schnelle Thomas is a registered voter in Cumberland County, North Carolina, registered since 2005 (21 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Terri Schnelle Thomas's year of birth as 1969; 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 20 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 Terri Schnelle Thomas can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\nTerri Schnelle Thomas was a candidate for the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, District 1 (a vote-for-2 seat), in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary. She placed fourth of five candidates with 2,493 votes; the top two \u2014 Glenn Adams (3,507) and Sheila Cuffee (3,499) \u2014 advanced. Thomas did not advance and will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot, per certified North Carolina State Board of Elections results [3].\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, certified March 3, 2026 election results (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","county":"cumberland","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Cumberland County Board Of Commissioners District 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Terri","fullname":"Terri Schnelle Thomas","lastname":"Thomas","middlename":"Schnelle","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","contest_title":"Cumberland County Board Of Commissioners District 01","county":"cumberland","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cumberland","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"cumberland","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","contest_title":"Cumberland County Board Of Commissioners District 01","county":"cumberland","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cumberland","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Cumberland County since 2005.","terms":[],"token":"791bccea2b934e44"}