{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Charles Ray Peterson","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCharles Ray Peterson is the Republican incumbent commissioner for Bladen County Board of Commissioners District 2, seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election [1]. He has served on the board since being first elected in December 2002, winning re-election in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022, and has previously chaired the board [2][3].\n\n## Career\nPeterson worked as a manufacturing specialist at DuPont's Fayetteville Works facility for 26 years before retiring [3].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Who's Running in Bladen County Elections in 2026? \u2013 Border Belt Independent](https://borderbelt.org/whos-running-in-bladen-county-elections-in-2026/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19\n- [2] [Charles Ray Peterson \u2013 Bladen County, NC](https://bladennc.govoffice3.com/index.asp?SEC=9E1E8C6A-BCB9-452F-8BBF-07B54C55C37D) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19\n- [3] [Incumbent commissioners returning to board \u2013 Bladen Journal](https://www.bladenjournal.com/news/20884/incumbent-commissioners-returning-to-board) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19","firstname":"Charles","lastname":"Peterson","middlename":"Ray","suffix":null,"token":"6b12f9ebcca402d7"},"token":"PIU-aD6XAoKow8Up"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":"county_commission","office":"county_commission","officedescription":"A county commissioner is a member of the county's legislative body. The commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, authorizes borrowing, and passes county resolutions and ordinances. Commissioners are elected from districts (or at-large seats) to represent constituents on countywide policy.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on countywide matters \u2014 budget, taxes, land use, services, and intergovernmental issues \u2014 within Tennessee county-government law.\n- Budget literacy: the commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, and authorizes multi-year bond issues.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on resolutions and ordinances; committee work that pre-screens items.\n- Constituent relations in the district \u2014 case-work and community issues flow through the commissioner's office.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual continuing education through UT CTAS.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Commissioner","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Bladen County Board Of Commissioners District 02"}