{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Jimmy Ray Watson is a registered voter in Lincoln County, North Carolina, registered since 1998 (28 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Jimmy Ray Watson's year of birth as 1954; 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 11 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 Jimmy Ray Watson 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":"lincolnton_city_mayor","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"City Of Lincolnton Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Jimmy","fullname":"Jimmy Ray Watson","lastname":"Watson","middlename":"Ray","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"lincolnton_city_mayor","contest_title":"City Of Lincolnton Mayor","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"lincoln","office_key":"city_mayor","office_title":"Mayor","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"lincoln","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"lincolnton_city_mayor","contest_title":"City Of Lincolnton Mayor","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"lincoln","office_key":"city_mayor","office_title":"Mayor","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"city_mayor","office_title":"Mayor","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Lincoln County since 1998.","terms":[],"token":"930d1948488f4b14"}