{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Lynn Gaines","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nLynn Reid Gaines (Democrat) ran for the Chatham County Board of Commissioners District 5 seat in the 2026 Democratic primary.\n\nGaines organized his 2026 campaign around four priorities: thoughtful and responsible growth management; affordable housing for teachers, first responders, and service workers; environmental stewardship to protect farmlands and rivers; and fully funding public schools, including teacher salary supplements.\n\n## Background and education\nA lifelong Chatham County native, Gaines grew up in Bonlee and graduated from Chatham Central High School in 1975.\n\n## Career\nGaines served 16 years on the Goldston Town Board, navigating local governance challenges including the town's sewer project. He has since retired from that role and works as a driving school instructor traveling throughout Chatham County.\n\n## Family\nMarried to Sue for more than 48 years; the couple has granddaughters representing the third generation of the Gaines family attending Bonlee Elementary School.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Lynn Gaines for Chatham County Commissioner \u2013 Campaign Website](https://lynngaines.com/)\n","firstname":"Lynn","lastname":"Gaines","middlename":"Reid","suffix":null,"token":"70aeb3fca6d5a8d7"},"token":"KlF1Cbm8jR1KDol5"},{"candidatename":"Franklin Gomez Flores","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Franklin  Gomez Flores is a registered voter in Chatham County, North Carolina, registered since 2016 (10 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Franklin  Gomez Flores's year of birth as 1994; 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 13 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 Franklin  Gomez Flores can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\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/)","firstname":"Franklin","lastname":"Gomez Flores","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"cb54cb8e2e772d2a"},"token":"vlhSv-_YUbO6AlnK"}],"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 05"}