{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Michael R. (Mike) Roberson","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"Michael R. \"Mike\" Roberson is the Democratic candidate for Chatham County Board of Commissioners District\u202f3 in the 2026 North Carolina elections. He appeared on the Democratic primary ballot on March\u202f3,\u202f2026\u202f[7].\n\nThe Chatham County Board of Commissioners is the elected governing body for Chatham County, with each commissioner representing a specific district; District\u202f3 is one of those seats\u202f[7].\n\nBallotpedia does not provide biographical details such as education, professional background, or prior public service for Roberson, noting that no biographical information was received for this candidate\u202f[1].\n\nRoberson has not completed Ballotpedia\u2019s Candidate Connection survey, and no endorsements or campaign themes have been recorded on the page\u202f[7].\n\nA contact email listed on the Ballotpedia page is mike@mikerobersonforsheriff.com, which voters can use to request additional information\u202f[7].\n\n## Sources\n- [7] [Michael R. Roberson (Chatham County Board of Commissioners District 3, North Carolina, candidate 2026) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_R._Roberson_(Chatham_County_Board_of_Commissioners_District_3,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2026))","firstname":"Michael","lastname":"Roberson","middlename":"Ray","suffix":null,"token":"856584ce4e923c15"},"token":"ErHxdi1A5Rrcs5Ak"},{"candidatename":"Kate O'Brien","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Catherine M O'Brien is a registered voter in Chatham County, North Carolina, registered since 1996 (30 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Catherine M O'Brien's year of birth as 1963; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 11 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\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 Catherine M O'Brien can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n**Update: O'Brien (running on the ballot as \"Kate O'Brien\") lost the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for Chatham County Board of Commissioners District 03.** She placed second of two candidates with 6,005 votes; Michael R. (Mike) Roberson won the Democratic nomination with 6,575 votes. O'Brien will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot for this seat, per certified North Carolina State Board of Elections results [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 election results (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip \u2014 accessed 2026-07-24\n","firstname":"Catherine","lastname":"O'Brien","middlename":"M","suffix":null,"token":"a6c6e68b328f0e67"},"token":"1QH7dUS81-oUpzt0"}],"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":"Chatham County Board Of Commissioners District 03"}