{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nEmily Sapp ran as the Republican candidate for Haywood County Tax Collector in the March 3, 2026 primary but did not advance, receiving 1729 votes to Greg West's 3827, per North Carolina State Board of Elections certified primary results [1]. Emily Sapp will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for this race.\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Emily  Sapp is a registered voter in Haywood County, North Carolina, registered since 2015 (11 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Emily  Sapp's year of birth as 1992; 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 4 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\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 Emily  Sapp can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary results, HAYWOOD County precinct-level results (`HAYWOOD_PRECINCT_SORT.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/HAYWOOD_PRECINCT_SORT.txt \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"tax_collector","county":"haywood","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Haywood County Tax Collector"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Emily","fullname":"Emily Sapp","lastname":"Sapp","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"tax_collector","contest_title":"Haywood County Tax Collector","county":"haywood","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"haywood","office_key":"tax_collector","office_title":"Tax Collector","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"haywood","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"tax_collector","contest_title":"Haywood County Tax Collector","county":"haywood","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"haywood","office_key":"tax_collector","office_title":"Tax Collector","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"tax_collector","office_title":"Tax Collector","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Haywood County since 2015.","terms":[],"token":"ef50db32261b99f2"}