{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nGurney \"Bert\" G Connolly III won one of three Republican nominations for the Iredell County Board of Commissioners in the March 3, 2026 primary, finishing third among six candidates with 17.64% of the vote (Scottie Brown led with 20.01%, Brent Goddard was second with 18.07%). Connolly advances to the November 3, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Connolly is a registered voter in Iredell County, North Carolina, registered since 1992 (34 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Connolly's year of birth as 1974; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 12 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners"},{"contest":"county_commission","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Gurney","fullname":"Gurney G Connolly III","lastname":"Connolly","middlename":"G","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"iredell","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"III","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Iredell County since 1992.","terms":[],"token":"c239cb7fe358c2fc"}