{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nBradley \"Brad\" Joel Stroud Sr. ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Iredell County Board of Commissioners, one of six candidates competing for three nominations. He finished fourth with 16.51% of the vote; Scottie Brown (20.01%), Brent Goddard (18.07%), and Bert Connolly (17.64%) won the three Republican nominations. Stroud will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Stroud is a registered voter in Iredell County, North Carolina, registered since 2002 (24 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Stroud's year of birth as 1964; 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 11 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 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/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Bradley","fullname":"Bradley Joel Stroud SR","lastname":"Stroud","middlename":"Joel","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"iredell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"iredell","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Iredell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"iredell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"iredell","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":"SR","summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Iredell County since 2002.","terms":[],"token":"d7ed8b3da53ba584"}