{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Edward Brian Basnight is a registered voter in Chowan County, North Carolina, registered since 1991 (35 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Edward Brian Basnight's year of birth as 1971; 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 Edward Brian Basnight 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_sheriff","county":"chowan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Chowan County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Edward","fullname":"Edward Brian Basnight","lastname":"Basnight","middlename":"Brian","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Chowan County Sheriff","county":"chowan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"chowan","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"chowan","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Chowan County Sheriff","county":"chowan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"chowan","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 Chowan County since 1991.","terms":[],"token":"ab9fb1b08b5b123f"}