{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Fred  Hughes III is a registered voter in Craven County, North Carolina, registered since 2002 (24 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Fred  Hughes III's year of birth as 1968; 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 16 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 Fred  Hughes III 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":"craven","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Craven County Sheriff"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"craven","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Craven County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Fred","fullname":"Fred Hughes III","lastname":"Hughes","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Craven County Sheriff","county":"craven","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"craven","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Craven County Sheriff","county":"craven","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"craven","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"craven","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Craven County Sheriff","county":"craven","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"craven","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":[]}],"suffix":"III","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Craven County since 2002.","terms":[],"token":"96253a877dc187ac"}