{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nWilliam Marshall Faircloth (W. Marshall Faircloth) is a current member of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, per the county's official commissioner roster, which lists his title as \"Commissioner\" [1]. He filed as a Democratic candidate for re-election to the at-large seat on the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners for the 2026 election cycle, with a candidacy filing dated December 18, 2025 [2]. However, Faircloth did not win renomination: in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for the at-large seat (a vote-for-2 contest), he placed fifth of six candidates with 3,922 votes. The top two finishers, Charles Evans (12,363 votes) and Veronica B. Jones (7,455 votes), advanced to face Republican nominees Greg West and Ron Ross in the November 3, 2026 general election. Faircloth's current term continues until his successor is seated, but he will not appear on the November 2026 ballot for this seat, per certified North Carolina State Board of Elections results [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Cumberland County Board of Commissioners \u2014 Commissioner Bios](https://www.co.cumberland.nc.us/top-navigation-groups/your-gov/board-of-commissioners/commissioner-bios) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n[2] [NC State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 Candidate Filing list](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 election results (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_at_large","county":"cumberland","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Cumberland County Board Of Commissioners At-Large"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"William","fullname":"William Marshall Faircloth","lastname":"Faircloth","middlename":"Marshall","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_at_large","contest_title":"Cumberland County Board Of Commissioners At-Large","county":"cumberland","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cumberland","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"cumberland","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_at_large","contest_title":"Cumberland County Board Of Commissioners At-Large","county":"cumberland","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cumberland","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"c665362783bd1b62"}