{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Linda Gail Byrd-Russ is a registered voter in Warren County, North Carolina, registered since 1990 (36 years), with party affiliation listed as Unaffiliated [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Linda Gail Byrd-Russ's year of birth as 1947; 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 9 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 Linda Gail Byrd-Russ can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n**Update: Byrd-Russ lost the March 3, 2026 nonpartisan primary for Warren County Board of Education District 02.** She placed third of three candidates with 542 votes; Ulysses S. Ross won the seat outright with 1,831 votes. Because this seat's contest was decided in the March primary, Byrd-Russ will not appear on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat, per certified North Carolina State Board of Elections results [3].\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, 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 \u2014 accessed 2026-07-24\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_02","county":"warren","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Warren County Board Of Education District 02"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Linda","fullname":"Linda Gail Byrd-Russ","lastname":"Byrd-Russ","middlename":"Gail","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_02","contest_title":"Warren County Board Of Education District 02","county":"warren","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"warren","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"warren","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_02","contest_title":"Warren County Board Of Education District 02","county":"warren","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"warren","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: UNA voter in Warren County since 1990.","terms":[],"token":"ab4e9c201b41c263"}