{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Pam Edwards","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nPam Edwards is a candidate for the Duplin County Board of Education in District 2 [1]. She has launched a campaign for the upcoming 2026 election, promoting her long-standing involvement with local athletics as a key qualification for the role [2]. Edwards highlights that she helped organize the East Duplin Soccer League in 1986 and served as its president for eight years, noting that these efforts contributed to the establishment of school soccer programs in the county [2].\n\n## Career\n\nPam Edwards self-describes as having helped organize the East Duplin Soccer League in 1986 and served as its President for eight years [2]. She states that these efforts contributed to the establishment of a school soccer program, with the league's first game played in 1985 at the backyard of the Methodist Church in Beulaville before moving to the Beulaville football field in 1986 [2].\n\n## Office history\n\nPam Edwards self-describes as having helped organize the East Duplin Soccer League in 1986 and served as its President for eight years [2]. During this tenure, she contributed to the establishment of a school soccer program, which held its first game in 1985 at the Methodist Church in Beulaville before moving to the Beulaville football field in 1986 [2].\n\nEdwards has run for election to the Duplin County Board of Education, District 2 [1]. She is currently on the ballot for an upcoming election for this position [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Pam Edwards - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Pam_Edwards)\n[2] [Pam Edwards For Duplin County Board of Education - Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/PamEdwardsDCSB/posts/athletics-has-always-been-an-important-part-of-the-education-system-pam-edwards-/131868526305627/)","firstname":"Pamela","lastname":"Edwards","middlename":"Thomas","suffix":null,"token":"2d0925e8d81d8a35"},"token":"KjE3VyOIcOKnTBpL"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"school_board","o.office":"county_school_board","office":"county_school_board","officedescription":"A school board member serves on the elected body that governs a public school district. The board sets district policy and budget priorities and hires and evaluates the superintendent, while leaving day-to-day management to the administration.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment for a public school district \u2014 setting direction while leaving day-to-day management to the superintendent.\n- Budget literacy for operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the county commission (which appropriates) and the state.\n- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent \u2014 the board's highest-stakes recurring decision.\n- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County School Board Member","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Duplin County Board Of Education District 02"}