{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Kristy Moore","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKristy Denise Moore ran for election to the Durham Public Schools Board of Education District 4 in the March 3, 2026 primary. She lost to Xavier Cason, who received 50.8 percent of the vote.\n\nMoore emphasized fiscal oversight of the school district's budget, centering students amid state and federal funding uncertainty, and applying her policy and organizing experience to guide the board through complex challenges.\n\n## Career\nMoore is a former DPS teacher and former president of the Durham Association of Educators. She also served as vice president of the NC Association of Educators. She worked as a staffing coordinator at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and currently serves as Program Manager of National Programs at the Hunt Institute, where she plans large-scale events and builds partnerships across the education sector. She was appointed to the state's DRIVE task force to help increase teacher diversity in North Carolina public schools.\n\n## Family\nMoore is the parent of a DPS graduate and a current DPS student.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Durham Public Schools Board of Education District 4: Kristy Moore \u2013 Indy Week](https://indyweek.com/news/durham-public-schools-board-of-education-kristy-moore-2026/)\n- [2] [In District 4, three former educators vie to replace a school board veteran \u2013 9th Street Journal](https://9thstreetjournal.org/2026/02/19/in-district-4-three-former-educators-vie-to-replace-a-school-board-veteran/)\n","firstname":"Kristy","lastname":"Moore","middlename":"Denise","suffix":null,"token":"901d6e89c8200588"},"token":"SaELzJZUr_E5UT9C"},{"candidatename":"Jerome Leathers","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"**Status: Leathers lost the March 3, 2026 nonpartisan election for Durham County Board of Education District 4, finishing third of three candidates with 2,987 votes (17.9%); Xavier Cason won with 8,545 votes (51.2%) and Kristy Moore placed second with 5,174 (31.0%). This nonpartisan race was decided outright on March 3 with no November runoff [3].**\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Jerome Maurice Leathers is a registered voter in Durham County, North Carolina, registered since 1988 (38 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Jerome Maurice Leathers's year of birth as 1969; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 20 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Jerome Maurice Leathers can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections, official March 3, 2026 primary election results by precinct, published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)","firstname":"Jerome","lastname":"Leathers","middlename":"Maurice","suffix":null,"token":"d602437830177d0f"},"token":"jBqLoEJCWBPkUk2B"},{"candidatename":"Xavier Cason","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Xavier Lamont Cason is a registered voter in Durham County, North Carolina, registered since 1991 (35 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Xavier Lamont Cason's year of birth as 1962; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 21 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Xavier Lamont Cason can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Xavier","lastname":"Cason","middlename":"Lamont","suffix":null,"token":"c63454f3c6e9b21c"},"token":"hxtdeYX_xCCCQpJG"}],"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":0,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Durham County Board Of Education District 04"}