{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Richard Thomas Simmons JR is a registered voter in Davidson County, North Carolina, registered since 1991 (35 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Richard Thomas Simmons JR's year of birth as 1964; 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 12 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 Richard Thomas Simmons JR 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":"davidson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Davidson County Sheriff"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"davidson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Davidson County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Richard","fullname":"Richard Thomas Simmons JR","lastname":"Simmons","middlename":"Thomas","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Davidson County Sheriff","county":"davidson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"davidson","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Davidson County Sheriff","county":"davidson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"davidson","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"davidson","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Davidson County Sheriff","county":"davidson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"davidson","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":[]}],"suffix":"JR","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Davidson County since 1991.","terms":[],"token":"becd472a1f6f23f6"}