{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, James Elisha Dowell is a registered voter in Wilkes County, North Carolina, registered since 2004 (22 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows James Elisha Dowell's year of birth as 1983; 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\n**James Elisha Dowell was a Republican candidate for Wilkes County Sheriff in the March 3, 2026 primary and did not advance, finishing second of six candidates with 700 votes; incumbent Chris Shew won the nomination with 1,136 votes.** [3]\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 James Elisha Dowell 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 \u2014 official March 3, 2026 primary results, Wilkes County (WILKES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt), accessed 2026-07-23: https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/WILKES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"wilkes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Wilkes County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"James","fullname":"James Elisha Dowell","lastname":"Dowell","middlename":"Elisha","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Wilkes County Sheriff","county":"wilkes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wilkes","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"wilkes","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Wilkes County Sheriff","county":"wilkes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wilkes","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":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Wilkes County since 2004.","terms":[],"token":"9b79f65f02666c9e"}