{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nWilliam \"Bill\" Warren Baggs Sr. won the Republican nomination for Cabarrus County Clerk of Superior Court in the March 3, 2026 primary with 41.99% of the vote in a three-candidate field, defeating Resa Tanner Travis (33.68%) and Ben Cox (24.32%). Baggs advances unopposed to the November 3, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Baggs is a registered voter in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, registered since 1972 (54 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Baggs's year of birth as 1944; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)\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/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Cabarrus County Clerk Of Superior Court"},{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Cabarrus County Clerk Of Superior Court"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"William","fullname":"William Warren Baggs SR","lastname":"Baggs","middlename":"Warren","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Clerk Of Superior Court","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"cabarrus","office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Clerk Of Superior Court","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cabarrus","office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"cabarrus","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Clerk Of Superior Court","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cabarrus","office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"SR","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Cabarrus County since 1972.","terms":[],"token":"97eca7a4a2715292"}