{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Jerry Dale Powers is a registered voter in Ashe County, North Carolina, registered since 1972 (54 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Jerry Dale Powers'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 Jerry Dale Powers 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":"ashe","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Ashe County Board Of Commissioners"},{"contest":"county_commission","county":"ashe","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Ashe County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Jerry","fullname":"Jerry Dale Powers","lastname":"Powers","middlename":"Dale","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Ashe County Board Of Commissioners","county":"ashe","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"ashe","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Ashe County Board Of Commissioners","county":"ashe","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"ashe","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"ashe","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Ashe County Board Of Commissioners","county":"ashe","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"ashe","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 Ashe County since 1972.","terms":[],"token":"e364660696eaea49"}