{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n**Status update.** Walton lost the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 10 (Wake County), to Wiley Nickel, 40,123 votes (30.5%) to Nickel's 64,402 votes (49.0%); Melanie Shekita placed third with 27,004 votes (20.5%) of 131,529 total votes cast. Nickel -- unopposed in the Republican primary, which was canceled -- advances to the November 3, 2026 general election [4].\n\nSherita Walton was a Democratic candidate for District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 10 (Wake County), according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [1]. Sherita filed for candidacy on December 1, 2025, for Wake County [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Sherita Walton is a registered voter in Wake County, North Carolina, registered since 2016 (10 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [2]. The voter file shows Sherita Walton's year of birth as 1977; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2]. The voter history file shows 8 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary [3].\n\nVoters with personal knowledge of Sherita Walton can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (bulk CSV), accessed 2026-07-21 -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections - 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[4] Ballotpedia, \"Sherita Walton,\" March 3, 2026 Democratic primary results for NC 10th Prosecutorial District Attorney (accessed 2026-07-24); WRAL, \"Three Democrats jockey to replace outgoing Wake County [DA],\" February 26, 2026","campaigns":[{"contest":"district_attorney_dist_010","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"District Attorney District 10"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Sherita","fullname":"Sherita Walton","lastname":"Walton","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"district_attorney_dist_010","contest_title":"District Attorney District 10","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"district_attorney","office_title":"District Attorney","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"district_attorney_dist_010","contest_title":"District Attorney District 10","county":null,"county_count":0,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":null,"office_key":"district_attorney","office_title":"District Attorney","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"district_attorney","office_title":"District Attorney","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Wake County since 2016.","terms":[],"token":"c6823070a8f04e07"}