{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nTerry Lewis is a candidate for the Richmond County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina [1]. He entered the race for the 2026 election cycle, as reported by the Richmond Observer in December 2025 [2].\n\n## Office history\n\nTerry Lewis is a candidate for the Richmond County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina [1]. As of December 8, 2025, he had entered the race for this position [2]. The provided sources do not contain information regarding any prior elected or appointed offices held by Lewis, nor do they detail any previous races he may have run.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Terry Lewis (Richmond County Board of Commissioners, North ...](https://ballotpedia.org/Terry_Lewis_(Richmond_County_Board_of_Commissioners,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2026))\n[2] [Live at 5 (Monday, 12/8/25) - Candidates enter races for Richmond ...](https://www.facebook.com/ROrichmondobserver/videos/live-at-5-monday-12825-candidates-enter-races-for-richmond-county-board-of-commi/1637990554242746/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"richmond","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Richmond County Board Of Commissioners"},{"contest":"county_commission","county":"richmond","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Richmond County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Terence","fullname":"Terence Byron Lewis","lastname":"Lewis","middlename":"Byron","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Richmond County Board Of Commissioners","county":"richmond","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"richmond","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Richmond County Board Of Commissioners","county":"richmond","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"richmond","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"richmond","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Richmond County Board Of Commissioners","county":"richmond","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"richmond","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":"Terry Lewis is listed as a candidate for the Richmond County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina for the 2026 election.","terms":[],"token":"c6883940e41df090"}