{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Dana M. Hackney","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDana Marie Hackney is the Clerk of Superior Court for Chatham County, North Carolina. She is running for re-election in 2026.\n\n## Background and education\nHackney holds a paralegal degree and is certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Paralegal Certification.\n\n## Career\nHackney was appointed Clerk of Superior Court in 2018 by Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Carl Fox to complete the remaining term of her predecessor. She was elected to a full term later that same year.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Dana Hackney \u2013 Chatham County Democratic Party](https://www.ccdpnc.org/dana-hackney)\n- [2] [District 18 Professionalism CLE February 2, 2024 \u2013 18barnc.org](https://www.18barnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-CLE-Speaker-Bios.pdf)\n","firstname":"Dana","lastname":"Hackney","middlename":"Marie","suffix":null,"token":"4f80e4eed221a7a6"},"token":"1CvJyrAb_oUTJTLE"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":null,"o.office":"clerk_of_superior_court","office":"clerk_of_superior_court","officedescription":"In North Carolina, the clerk of superior court keeps the records of the trial courts and also serves as an ex-officio judge of probate and over estates, guardianships, and certain special proceedings. It is both a records office and a judicial one.","officequalities":"- Records management for the trial courts, in conformity with North Carolina procedure and the orders of the judges.\n- Judicial responsibility over probate, estates, guardianships, and special proceedings \u2014 the clerk decides these matters.\n- Financial controls for collecting and disbursing court costs, fines, estate funds, and trust funds, with public accountability.\n- Supervision of a clerical staff handling high case volume and frequent statutory deadlines.\n- Attention to legal detail and sensitivity with a public often dealing with death or incapacity.\n- Administrative reliability \u2014 the office's filings are legally binding and its records are evidence.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Clerk of Superior Court","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Chatham County Clerk Of Superior Court"}