{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJimmy Edward Pierce ran as a Republican candidate for Dare County Sheriff in the March 3, 2026 primary, one of four Republican candidates. He placed second with 2,592 votes, behind winner Rodney Rawls (3,070); Jeff Deringer (999) and Teddy Daniels (701) also ran. Pierce will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Jimmy Edward Pierce is a registered voter, registered since 1998 (28 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2]. The voter file shows a year of birth of 1965; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2]. The voter history file shows 14 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, certified March 3, 2026 primary results by precinct (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-21\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/)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","county":"dare","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Dare County Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Jimmy","fullname":"Jimmy Edward Pierce","lastname":"Pierce","middlename":"Edward","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Dare County Sheriff","county":"dare","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"dare","office_key":"county_sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"dare","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_sheriff","contest_title":"Dare County Sheriff","county":"dare","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"dare","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":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Dare County since 1998.","terms":[],"token":"f6a8a5486f540878"}