{"biography":"**Status: Bledsoe did not advance past the March 3, 2026 nonpartisan primary for Raleigh City Council At-Large, finishing fifth of six candidates with 12,632 votes; the top four vote-getters -- Stormie Forte (36,453), Sana Siddiqui (26,237), Clark Rinehart (13,502), and Joshua Bradley (13,221) -- advance to the November 3, 2026 general election [3].**\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, James Garland Bledsoe is a registered voter in Wake County, North Carolina, registered since 2016 (10 years), with party affiliation listed as Unaffiliated [1].\n\nThe voter file shows James Garland Bledsoe's year of birth as 1986; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 11 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\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 James Garland Bledsoe can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, official March 3, 2026 primary election results by precinct, published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)","campaigns":[{"contest":"raleigh_city_council_at_large","county":"durham","county_count":2,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"City Of Raleigh City Council At-Large"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"James","fullname":"James Garland Bledsoe","lastname":"Bledsoe","middlename":"Garland","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"raleigh_city_council_at_large","contest_title":"City Of Raleigh City Council At-Large","county":"durham","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wake","office_key":"city_council","office_title":"City Council Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"wake","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"raleigh_city_council_at_large","contest_title":"City Of Raleigh City Council At-Large","county":"durham","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"wake","office_key":"city_council","office_title":"City Council Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"city_council","office_title":"City Council Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: UNA voter in Wake County since 2016.","terms":[],"token":"f78b82cfea9714ee"}