{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Chuck Shinn","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCharles Wyatt Shinn, known as Chuck Shinn, is an incumbent Republican commissioner representing District 2 on the Carteret County Board of Commissioners. He is running for re-election in the 2026 general election and is running unopposed. He resides in Newport, North Carolina.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Meet your Carteret County Candidates for the 2026 Election \u2013 WCTI12](https://wcti12.com/news/local/meet-your-carteret-county-candidates-for-the-2026-election)","firstname":"Charles","lastname":"Shinn","middlename":"Wyatt","suffix":null,"token":"fcbe286c3e15d760"},"token":"eGkp3FM0kFVxm5oK"}],"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":"Carteret County Board Of Commissioners District 02"}