{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\n**William Edward Sorenson lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary and will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for this race.** William Edward Sorenson ran as the Republican candidate for Stanly County Board of Commissioners District 02, receiving 1,588 votes to Shaun Morgan's 3,060, per North Carolina State Board of Elections certified primary results [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, William Edward Sorenson is a registered voter in Stanly County, North Carolina, registered since 1978 (48 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows William Edward Sorenson's year of birth as 1959; 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\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 William Edward Sorenson can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary results, STANLY County precinct-level results (`STANLY_PRECINCT_SORT.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/STANLY_PRECINCT_SORT.txt -- accessed 2026-07-23\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\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_district_02","county":"stanly","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Stanly County Board Of Commissioners District 02"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"William","fullname":"William Edward Sorenson","lastname":"Sorenson","middlename":"Edward","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_02","contest_title":"Stanly County Board Of Commissioners District 02","county":"stanly","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"stanly","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"stanly","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_02","contest_title":"Stanly County Board Of Commissioners District 02","county":"stanly","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"stanly","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":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Stanly County since 1978.","terms":[],"token":"c5d845ce596002f0"}