{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Matthew Ryan Buchanan is a registered voter in Gaston County, North Carolina, registered since 2024 (2 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Matthew Ryan Buchanan's year of birth as 2003; 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 2 elections voted in since 2024, 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 Matthew Ryan Buchanan 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_commission_dallas_twp","county":"gaston","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Gaston County Board Of Commissioners Dallas Twp"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Matthew","fullname":"Matthew Ryan Buchanan","lastname":"Buchanan","middlename":"Ryan","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_dallas_twp","contest_title":"Gaston County Board Of Commissioners Dallas Twp","county":"gaston","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"gaston","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"gaston","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_dallas_twp","contest_title":"Gaston County Board Of Commissioners Dallas Twp","county":"gaston","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"gaston","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Gaston County since 2024.","terms":[],"token":"9866f110eb82b006"}