{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Karen Salter Hardesty is a registered voter in Carteret County, North Carolina, registered since 1990 (36 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Karen Salter Hardesty's year of birth as 1963; 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 20 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 Karen Salter Hardesty 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":"register_of_deeds","county":"carteret","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Carteret County Register Of Deeds"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Karen","fullname":"Karen Salter Hardesty","lastname":"Hardesty","middlename":"Salter","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"register_of_deeds","contest_title":"Carteret County Register Of Deeds","county":"carteret","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"carteret","office_key":"register_of_deeds","office_title":"Register of Deeds","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"carteret","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"register_of_deeds","contest_title":"Carteret County Register Of Deeds","county":"carteret","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"carteret","office_key":"register_of_deeds","office_title":"Register of Deeds","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"register_of_deeds","office_title":"Register of Deeds","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Carteret County since 1990.","terms":[],"token":"b6e2130d3460d0a9"}