{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nJason Ray Wease (Republican) is a candidate for Rutherford County Sheriff in the 2026 Republican primary against incumbent Aaron Ellenburg and Jamie Dunn. Wease has run for the same office in 2014, 2018, and 2022; in 2022 he ran as a Democrat before changing his party affiliation to Republican.\n\n## Career\n\nWease is the owner of Wease Enterprises in Mooresboro, NC, a small business involved in creating green jobs.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Who is running for sheriff? \u2013 The Digital Courier](https://www.thedigitalcourier.com/news/who-is-running-for-sheriff/article_b4027b19-ac12-59ab-a72d-686bf6dd83ee.html)\n- [2] [One more run \u2013 The Digital Courier](https://www.thedigitalcourier.com/archives/one-more-run/article_eef8d4d5-de20-526b-939b-fd7da6e40681.html)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"rutherford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Rutherford County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Jason","fullname":"Jason Ray Wease","lastname":"Wease","middlename":"Ray","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Rutherford County Sheriff","county":"rutherford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rutherford","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"rutherford","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Rutherford County Sheriff","county":"rutherford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rutherford","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"e6284b5772d4cd60"}