{"biography":"**March 3, 2026 primary result: Ferrell lost the Democratic primary for Rockingham County Sheriff, finishing second of two candidates with 1,604 votes to Franklin Moore's 2,826 [3].**\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, John Henry Ferrell JR is a registered voter in Rockingham County, North Carolina, registered since 1972 (54 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows John Henry Ferrell JR'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 [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 John Henry Ferrell JR 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/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, official March 3, 2026 primary election results (`results_pct_20260303`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/index.html?prefix=ENRS/2026_03_03/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"rockingham","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Rockingham County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"John","fullname":"John Henry Ferrell JR","lastname":"Ferrell","middlename":"Henry","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Rockingham County Sheriff","county":"rockingham","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rockingham","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"rockingham","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Rockingham County Sheriff","county":"rockingham","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rockingham","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"JR","summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Rockingham County since 1972.","terms":[],"token":"8c8f3bf595de2b5b"}