{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKrushani Ronak Patel ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, one of eight candidates competing for three nominations. She finished fifth with 11.04% of the vote; James N. Bailey (18.02%), Kristel Swayze (15.97%), and Ian Patrick (15.41%) won the three Republican nominations. Patel will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Patel is a registered voter in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, registered since 2022 (4 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Patel's year of birth as 1994; 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 3 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":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Cabarrus County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Krushani","fullname":"Krushani Ronak Patel","lastname":"Patel","middlename":"Ronak","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Board Of Commissioners","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cabarrus","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"cabarrus","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Cabarrus County Board Of Commissioners","county":"cabarrus","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"cabarrus","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 Cabarrus County since 2022.","terms":[],"token":"ea8117904969db62"}