{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Dwayne Goodwin","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"UNA","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDwayne Lee Goodwin is the incumbent, unaffiliated Clerk of Superior Court for Chowan County, North Carolina. He defeated Democrat Michael John McArthur in the November 8, 2022 general election, 2,964 votes to 2,440, according to precinct-level results published by the North Carolina State Board of Elections [1]. He filed to run for re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election [2].\n\n## Career\nBefore serving as Clerk of Superior Court, Goodwin was sheriff of Chowan County for much of a 30-year law enforcement career. The College of The Albemarle Foundation established the Dwayne Goodwin Endowed Scholarship in his name in 2020, describing him as the county's \"recently retired sheriff\" [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2022 general election precinct-level results (`results_pct_20221108.txt`) \u2014 https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2022_11_08/results_pct_20221108.zip \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (`Candidate_Listing_2026.csv`) \u2014 https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n\n[3] [Goodwin scholarship to help students in law enforcement training \u2013 Daily Advance](https://www.dailyadvance.com/features/local/goodwin-scholarship-to-help-students-in-law-enforcement-training/article_e4f26e63-e01f-5adc-b06e-604e8609e653.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20 (published Sep 20, 2020)","firstname":"Dwayne","lastname":"Goodwin","middlename":"Lee","suffix":null,"token":"6c4c08dfa5345803"},"token":"OIoh1ETw7qjJ-kZV"}],"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":"Chowan County Clerk Of Superior Court"}