{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nShannon Brewer Walters ran as a Republican candidate for Dare County Board of Education, District 1, in the March 3, 2026 primary. She placed third among three Republican candidates with 1,556 votes, behind winner Stephen Nichols (2,733) and Christie Baer (2,063). Walters will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Shannon Brewer Walters is a registered voter, registered since 2022 (4 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. The voter file shows a year of birth of 1984; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2]. The voter history file shows 4 elections voted in since 2022, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary results by precinct (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_01","county":"dare","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Dare County Board Of Education District 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Shannon","fullname":"Shannon Brewer Walters","lastname":"Walters","middlename":"Brewer","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_01","contest_title":"Dare County Board Of Education District 01","county":"dare","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"dare","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"dare","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_01","contest_title":"Dare County Board Of Education District 01","county":"dare","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"dare","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Dare County since 2022.","terms":[],"token":"80a1d6e38f2e4725"}