{"biography":"**Harold David Grindstaff Jr. placed first among five Republican candidates in the March 3, 2026 primary for the Yancey County Board of Commissioners, receiving 627 votes, and will appear on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot [1].**\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Harold David Grindstaff JR is a registered voter in Yancey County, North Carolina, registered since 1995 (31 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Harold David Grindstaff JR's year of birth as 1969; 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 13 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 and the state's certified primary results. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Harold David Grindstaff JR can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 primary certified precinct results, Yancey County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/YANCEY_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 Yancey County Board of Commissioners (REP)\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 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","county":"yancey","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Yancey County Board Of Commissioners"},{"contest":"county_commission","county":"yancey","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Yancey County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Harold","fullname":"Harold David Grindstaff JR","lastname":"Grindstaff","middlename":"David","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Yancey County Board Of Commissioners","county":"yancey","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"yancey","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Yancey County Board Of Commissioners","county":"yancey","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"yancey","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"yancey","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Yancey County Board Of Commissioners","county":"yancey","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"yancey","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":[]}],"suffix":"JR","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Yancey County since 1995.","terms":[],"token":"c80f5b92a1e86ada"}