{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Brenda McCombs","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nBrenda Elaine Mccombs was elected to the Kannapolis City Schools Board of Education, Area I, in the nonpartisan March 3, 2026 election, receiving 50.64% of the vote. Kristina Cook was elected to the area's other seat with 46.81%; a write-in candidate received the remainder [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Mccombs is a registered voter in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, registered since 1986 (40 years), with party affiliation listed as Unaffiliated [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Mccombs's year of birth as 1953; 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 17 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 \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](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/)","firstname":"Brenda","lastname":"Mccombs","middlename":"Elaine","suffix":null,"token":"cffa8387ff412808"},"token":"qr3kA4AhCV6nqiHn"},{"candidatename":"Kristina Cook","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKristina Lorene Tutterow Cook was elected to the Kannapolis City Schools Board of Education, Area I, in the nonpartisan March 3, 2026 election, receiving 46.81% of the vote. Brenda Mccombs was elected to the area's other seat with 50.64%; a write-in candidate received the remainder [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Cook is a registered voter in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, registered since 2001 (25 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Cook's year of birth as 1979; 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 13 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 \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](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/)","firstname":"Kristina","lastname":"Cook","middlename":"Lorene Tutterow","suffix":null,"token":"17e06fde1e9e3106"},"token":"IXjvTvsqybWdtLP_"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"school_board","o.office":"school_board","office":"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":"School Board Member","partisan":0,"pgr":"general","quantity":2,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Kannapolis City Schools Board Of Education Area I"}