{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Jason W. Smith","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJason William Smith is the District Attorney for North Carolina Prosecutorial District 6, covering New Hanover and Pender counties. He was elected in November 2024 and sworn in on December 3, 2024. He is the Republican incumbent running for re-election in 2026.\n\n## Background and education\nSmith was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in business and economics from Virginia Military Institute and a Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1999.\n\n## Career\nAfter law school, Smith worked briefly at a financial brokerage firm, then joined Webb & Graves PLLC focusing on business, tax, and estate law. He opened his own practice in Wilmington in 2006. He joined the District 6 District Attorney's Office as an Assistant District Attorney in 2010 and took charge of the Pender County office around 2014, managing it for approximately a decade before his election as District Attorney. He has prosecuted cases including white-collar crime, violent offenses, homicides, crimes against children, and human trafficking.\n\nSmith participates in the Wilmington Rotary Club and regularly speaks with schools and nonprofits about crime prevention. He received the 2025 Smoking Shields North Carolina Person of the Year Award and The Carousel Center's 2020 Tin Man Biggest Heart Award.\n\n## Family\nSmith is married to attorney Tamara, and they have four children. The family resides in Pender County.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Jason W. Smith, District Attorney \u2013 newhanoverpenderda.com](https://www.newhanoverpenderda.com/about-the-da)\n- [2] [Jason Smith sworn in as district attorney for New Hanover and Pender Counties \u2013 WECT](https://www.wect.com/2024/12/03/jason-smith-sworn-new-hanover-pender-counties-district-attorney/)\n- [3] [District attorney lays down the law \u2013 WilmingtonBiz](https://www.wilmingtonbiz.com/more_news/2025/04/09/district_attorney_lays_down_the_law/26463)\n- [4] [Prosecutorial District 6 \u2013 NC Conference of District Attorneys](https://www.ncdistrictattorney.org/district-attorney/prosecutorial-district-6/)\n","firstname":"Jason","lastname":"Smith","middlename":"William","suffix":null,"token":"89f738c8e7187d6c"},"token":"A7PUjUajZHqeIo2L"}],"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 06"}