{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMark William Crater ran as a Republican candidate for one of two seats on the Davie County Board of Commissioners in the March 3, 2026 primary, one of six Republican candidates. He placed fourth with 1,793 votes; Benita Finney (2,418) and Mark White (2,287) advanced as the top two vote-getters. Crater will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Mark William Crater is a registered voter in Davie County, North Carolina, registered since 1998 (28 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Mark William Crater's year of birth as 1970; 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 Mark William Crater can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary/election results by precinct (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-24\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/)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"davie","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Davie County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Mark","fullname":"Mark William Crater","lastname":"Crater","middlename":"William","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Davie County Board Of Commissioners","county":"davie","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"davie","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"davie","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Davie County Board Of Commissioners","county":"davie","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"davie","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 Davie County since 1998.","terms":[],"token":"c622bb35c87a8cca"}