{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Matt Wareham","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"Matthew Thomas Wareham, known as Matt Wareham, is a Republican candidate for North Carolina District Attorney District 4, which covers Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico counties. He filed his candidacy on December 4, 2025, and is on the ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 candidate filing list (`Candidate_Listing_2026.csv`), published at dl.ncsbe.gov, accessed 2026-07-20.","firstname":"Matthew","lastname":"Wareham","middlename":"Thomas","suffix":null,"token":"890abc87020dd0e1"},"token":"QaKlpqm6M7doITON"}],"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 04"}