{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Steve Coleman","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nSteve Coleman, chairman of the Cherokee County Board of Education, won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners District 3 seat with 53.97% of the vote, defeating Mark Stalcup. He faces Democrat Judith King Bodley in the November 3, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Coleman is a registered voter in Cherokee County, North Carolina, registered since 2011 (15 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Coleman's year of birth as 1977; 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 8 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Voters toss incumbents in Cherokee County elections \u2013 Cherokee Scout](https://www.cherokeescout.com/local-news/voters-toss-incumbent-cherokee-county-commissioners)\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Steven","lastname":"Coleman","middlename":"Douglas","suffix":"JR","token":"dc77e78c9e6ee56d"},"token":"dhMKypq4O8YwnqmI"},{"candidatename":"Judith Bodley","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJudith King Bodley is the Democratic candidate for the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners District 3 seat, unopposed in her own primary. She faces Republican Steve Coleman, chairman of the Cherokee County Board of Education, who won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary with 53.97% of the vote, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Bodley is a registered voter in Cherokee County, North Carolina, registered since 1996 (30 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Bodley's year of birth as 1947; 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 8 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Voters toss incumbents in Cherokee County elections \u2013 Cherokee Scout](https://www.cherokeescout.com/local-news/voters-toss-incumbent-cherokee-county-commissioners)\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Judith","lastname":"Bodley","middlename":"King","suffix":null,"token":"ac5833a24cc8f5bd"},"token":"bcv4AO9Kng2F5MRQ"},{"candidatename":"Jeana Conley","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDr. Jeana Yuvonne Conley, a retired Cherokee County Schools superintendent, won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners District 1 seat with a \"commanding\" 52.8% of the vote, defeating incumbent Cal Stiles and former Andrews alderman Steve Jordan. She faces Democrat Rex Cable in the November 3, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Conley is a registered voter in Cherokee County, North Carolina, registered since 1986 (40 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Conley's year of birth as 1967; 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 13 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Voters toss incumbents in Cherokee County elections \u2013 Cherokee Scout](https://www.cherokeescout.com/local-news/voters-toss-incumbent-cherokee-county-commissioners)\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Jeana","lastname":"Conley","middlename":"Yuvonne","suffix":null,"token":"f94c422d6205a0aa"},"token":"TemU_wOvY2FpUwBP"},{"candidatename":"Sue Lynn Ledford","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nSue Lynn Ledford is a Republican member of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, representing District 4. She won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary outright with 45.42% of the vote, defeating three-term incumbent Dan Eichenbaum (18.4%, third place) and retail manager Barry Killian (33.93%, second place); withdrawn candidate Tom O'Leske still appeared on the ballot and received 2.18% [1]. After Eichenbaum resigned his seat on March 9, 2026, Ledford was selected by the Cherokee County Republican Party Executive Committee to fill the vacancy [2]. She is running unopposed in the November 3, 2026 general election [2].\n\n## Career\nLedford is executive director of Four Square Community Action, Inc., and previously worked as a public health nurse and county health director [2][3]. Her swearing-in, alongside fellow commissioner Jeana Conley, was noted locally as the first time two Cherokee County commissioners held doctorate-level degrees at the same time [2][3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Voters toss incumbents in Cherokee County elections \u2013 Cherokee Scout](https://www.cherokeescout.com/local-news/voters-toss-incumbent-cherokee-county-commissioners)\n[2] [Conley, Ledford take seats on Cherokee County Board of Commissioners \u2013 Cherokee Scout](https://www.cherokeescout.com/local-newsletter/conley-ledford-take-seats-cherokee-county-board-commissioners)\n[3] [Conley and Ledford will make history \u2013 Cherokee Scout](https://www.cherokeescout.com/local-newsletter/conley-and-ledford-will-make-history)","firstname":"Sue","lastname":"Ledford","middlename":"Lynn","suffix":null,"token":"a82236317274a687"},"token":"ZyOtcfImXd1N5TCM"},{"candidatename":"Rex Cable","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"Rex Charles Cable Jr. is the Democratic nominee for the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, District 1, facing Republican Jeana Conley in the November 3, 2026 general election [1]. Cable coaches wrestling and teaches math at Andrews High School [2]. He previously ran, as a non-incumbent, for one of two Andrews Board of Aldermen seats in the November 4, 2025 municipal election, among five candidates [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Voters toss incumbents in Cherokee County elections \u2013 Cherokee Scout](https://www.cherokeescout.com/local-news/voters-toss-incumbent-cherokee-county-commissioners)\n[2] [Mayoral races set in Andrews, Murphy \u2013 Cherokee Scout](https://www.cherokeescout.com/local-newsletter/mayoral-races-set-andrews-murphy)","firstname":"Rex","lastname":"Cable","middlename":"Charles","suffix":"JR","token":"66156bdfb1ac3b91"},"token":"fLN12avLAa1CyuGf"}],"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":"Cherokee County Board Of Commissioners District I"}