{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Herman Little","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\n**Editorial note \u2014 lost March 2026 primary.** Little placed 2nd of 2 Democratic candidates in the March 3, 2026 primary for District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 21, receiving 2,840 votes (39.9%) to winner Jamie Adams's 4,283 votes (60.1%); Little will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [2].\n\nHerman Moore Little is a Democratic candidate for District Attorney in North Carolina's Prosecutorial District 21, which covers Anson, Richmond, and Scotland counties. He ran against incumbent Jamie Adams in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary, and Republican Todd G. Scott also filed for the seat [1].\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Who Is Running for Prosecutor and Sheriff in North Carolina in 2026? \u2014 Bolts](https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/candidates-district-attorney-sheriff-north-carolina-2026/)\n- [2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections, March 3, 2026 Official Precinct-Level Results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 District Attorney District 21 Democratic primary, accessed 2026-07-24","firstname":"Herman","lastname":"Little","middlename":"Moore","suffix":null,"token":"71fab0c5128b0fa6"},"token":"q1rzh7LjDtvrlwNK"},{"candidatename":"Jamie Adams","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJamie Tennille Adams was appointed District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 21 on September 30, 2024, by Governor Roy Cooper, replacing retiring District Attorney Reece Saunders. She was sworn in on October 7, 2024. District 21 covers Anson, Richmond, and Scotland counties. She filed as a Democratic candidate for the 2026 general election on December 1, 2025.\n\n## Background and education\nAdams earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1998. She earned her Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, graduating cum laude in 2008. She was admitted to the Michigan bar in 2006 and the North Carolina bar in 2008. Her office is located in Laurinburg, North Carolina (Scotland County).\n\n## Career\nAdams previously served as an assistant district attorney in Prosecutorial Districts 25 and 26. While serving in District 26, which covers Mecklenburg County, she founded the Mecklenburg County Domestic Violence Prosecution Team, a specialized unit that continued operating after her departure. She later joined District 21 as Chief Assistant District Attorney before her appointment as District Attorney.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Governor Cooper Announces District Attorney Appointment \u2013 NC Governor](https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2024/09/30/governor-cooper-announces-district-attorney-appointment)\n- [2] [Adams takes over as DA for Richmond, Scotland, Anson \u2013 Richmond Observer](https://richmondobserver.com/stories/adams-takes-over-as-da-for-richmond-scotland-anson,24533)\n- [3] [Prosecutorial District 21 \u2013 NC Conference of District Attorneys](https://www.ncdistrictattorney.org/district-attorney/prosecutorial-district-21/)","firstname":"Jamie","lastname":"Adams","middlename":"Tennille","suffix":null,"token":"f437a36a066ae271"},"token":"KiqsDZgtOdFzNq6Z"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"district_attorney_general","o.office":"district_attorney","office":"district_attorney","officedescription":"The district attorney general is the elected chief prosecutor for a judicial district \u2014 deciding what cases are charged, presenting cases to the grand jury, and prosecuting criminal matters. It is a leadership role over a public-law office with wide discretion.","officequalities":"- Prosecutorial leadership of a district attorney's office of attorneys, investigators, and victim-services staff.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, and prosecutorial ethics under the Rules of Professional Conduct.\n- Charging-policy judgment that shapes the whole criminal-court docket \u2014 what is presented to the grand jury, diverted, or resolved by plea.\n- Budget and personnel management of a public-law-office operation.\n- Public-facing communication on cases of community concern, in cooperation with police, courts, and victim communities.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"District Attorney","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"District Attorney District 21"}