{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Nicole Smith","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\n**Laura Nicole Smith was elected outright to this seat in the March 3, 2026 election and does not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot.** Laura Nicole Smith ran unopposed for Caswell County Board of Education District 05 in Caswell County's nonpartisan county school board election (Caswell County school board seats are decided at the March primary date rather than the November general election), receiving 549 votes with no opposing candidate on the ballot (write-ins totaled 9), per North Carolina State Board of Elections certified results [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Laura Nicole Smith is a registered voter in Caswell County, North Carolina, registered since 1993 (33 years), with party affiliation listed as Unaffiliated [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Laura Nicole Smith's year of birth as 1975; 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 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\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 Laura Nicole Smith can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 election results, CASWELL County precinct-level results (`CASWELL_PRECINCT_SORT.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/CASWELL_PRECINCT_SORT.txt -- accessed 2026-07-23\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Laura","lastname":"Smith","middlename":"Nicole","suffix":null,"token":"a8bbe39951a91b68"},"token":"BehBF938SzRCO7xL"}],"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":0,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Caswell County Board Of Education District 05"}