{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Joe Travis Allen is a registered voter in Rowan County, North Carolina, registered since 1990 (36 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Joe Travis Allen'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 11 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nIn the Republican primary for Rowan County Sheriff, held March 3, 2026, Joe Travis Allen received 5,262 votes and lost to Jody Burleyson, who received 6,186 votes [3]. Joe Travis Allen will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for this office [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 Joe Travis Allen 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 certified March 3, 2026 primary precinct-level results (`results_pct_20260303`)](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/index.html?prefix=ENRS/2026_03_03/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"rowan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Rowan County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Joe","fullname":"Joe Travis Allen","lastname":"Allen","middlename":"Travis","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Rowan County Sheriff","county":"rowan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rowan","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"rowan","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Rowan County Sheriff","county":"rowan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rowan","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 Rowan County since 1990.","terms":[],"token":"bbcb056e23b9a4c6"}