{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJoseph \"Joey\" Marc Lemons won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for Stokes County Sheriff, defeating Steven Bingman 5,010 votes to 1,524. Lemons is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Lemons is a registered voter in Stokes County, North Carolina, registered since 2006 (20 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Lemons's year of birth as 1987; 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 15 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information beyond the public voter file and official election results was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Joseph Marc Lemons can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 election results (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), 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":"county_sheriff","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Stokes County Sheriff"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Stokes County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Joseph","fullname":"Joseph Marc Lemons","lastname":"Lemons","middlename":"Marc","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Stokes County Sheriff","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"stokes","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Stokes County Sheriff","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"stokes","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"stokes","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Stokes County Sheriff","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"stokes","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 Stokes County since 2006.","terms":[],"token":"a6ab333d177dc82c"}