{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"David J. Jones","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"David Joshua Jones is a Republican candidate for the Duplin County Board of Education, District 3, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot, having filed his candidacy on December 8, 2025 [1]. He previously ran for the same seat as the Republican nominee in the November 8, 2022 general election [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 candidate filing list (`Candidate_Listing_2026.csv`), accessed 2026-07-20 (https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n[2] [David Jones (Duplin County Schools school board District 3, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/David_Jones_(Duplin_County_Schools_school_board_District_3,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022))","firstname":"David","lastname":"Jones","middlename":"Joshua","suffix":null,"token":"63793a92c0846235"},"token":"jLUVWxnqLG0U22OQ"}],"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 03"}