{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Terry Williams","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nTerry Lane Williams is the Republican incumbent representing District 4 on the Beaufort County Board of Education, where he currently serves as Vice Chairman [3]. He filed for re-election ahead of the 2026 election cycle, with the general election scheduled for November 3, 2026 [1].\n\n## Office history\n\nWilliams was elected to the Beaufort County Board of Education, District 4 seat, in the November 8, 2022 general election as the Republican nominee [1].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [Terry Williams (Beaufort County Board of Education District 4, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Terry_Williams_(Beaufort_County_Board_of_Education_District_4,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022))\n\n[3] [Board of Education \u2013 Beaufort County Schools](https://www.beaufort.k12.nc.us/administration/board-of-education)","firstname":"Terry","lastname":"Williams","middlename":"Lane","suffix":null,"token":"2ad5df112a6f6215"},"token":"Ex78typMPWVw3gDc"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"school_board","o.office":"county_school_board","office":"county_school_board","officedescription":"A school board member serves on the elected body that governs a public school district. The board sets district policy and budget priorities and hires and evaluates the superintendent, while leaving day-to-day management to the administration.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment for a public school district \u2014 setting direction while leaving day-to-day management to the superintendent.\n- Budget literacy for operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the county commission (which appropriates) and the state.\n- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent \u2014 the board's highest-stakes recurring decision.\n- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County School Board Member","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Beaufort County Board Of Education District 04"}