{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Danny Ray Hester is a registered voter in Lincoln County, North Carolina, registered since 1974 (52 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Danny Ray Hester's year of birth as 1954; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 12 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\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 Danny Ray Hester can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] 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":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Lincoln County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Danny","fullname":"Danny Ray Hester","lastname":"Hester","middlename":"Ray","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Lincoln County Board Of Commissioners","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"lincoln","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"lincoln","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Lincoln County Board Of Commissioners","county":"lincoln","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"lincoln","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 Lincoln County since 1974.","terms":[],"token":"c8c366cd847d1a3d"}