{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nThomas Paul Sands led the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Stokes County Board of Education (a vote-for-2 seat) with 3,560 votes; John Turpin was second with 3,185. Sands and Turpin both advance unopposed to the November 3, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Sands is a registered voter in Stokes County, North Carolina, registered since 2014 (12 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Sands'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 9 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information beyond the public voter file and official election results was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Thomas Paul Sands can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 election results (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), 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_school_board","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Stokes County Board Of Education"},{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Stokes County Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Thomas","fullname":"Thomas Paul Sands","lastname":"Sands","middlename":"Paul","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Stokes County Board Of Education","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"stokes","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Stokes County Board Of Education","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"stokes","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"stokes","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Stokes County Board Of Education","county":"stokes","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"stokes","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Stokes County since 2014.","terms":[],"token":"f1109a826dca34fa"}