{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, William Steve Beam is a registered voter in Lincoln County, North Carolina, registered since 1971 (55 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows William Steve Beam's year of birth as 1950; 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 12 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 William Steve Beam 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":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Lincoln County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"William","fullname":"William Steve Beam","lastname":"Beam","middlename":"Steve","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Lincoln County Sheriff","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"lincoln","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"lincoln","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Lincoln County Sheriff","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"lincoln","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":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Lincoln County since 1971.","terms":[],"token":"7d2cd52c950859fe"}