{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Lola N. Rountree","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nLola Nowell Rountree was a candidate for Gates County Board of Education District 03 in the nonpartisan election held March 3, 2026. She placed second to Danny Hale, 1,107 votes to 1,204, and lost [1]. Gates County school board seats with two or three candidates are decided outright at the March election; there is no separate November contest for this seat, and Rountree will not appear on a later ballot for it.\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Lola Nowell Rountree is a registered voter in Gates County, North Carolina, registered since 1984 (42 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Lola Nowell Rountree's year of birth as 1964; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Lola Nowell Rountree can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 primary certified precinct results, Gates County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/GATES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 Gates County Board of Education District 03, accessed 2026-07-21; also confirmed via the [NC State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Listing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Lola","lastname":"Rountree","middlename":"Nowell","suffix":null,"token":"53f2998df6012959"},"token":"zOzBhy5lCD_nOitY"},{"candidatename":"Danny Hale","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\n**Danny Ray Hale won the Gates County Board of Education District 03 seat outright in the nonpartisan election held March 3, 2026**, a two-candidate field. He placed first with 1,202 votes, ahead of Lola Rountree (1,103). Gates County school board seats with two or three candidates are decided outright at the March election; there is no separate November contest for this seat, and Hale's term begins without any further ballot appearance [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Danny Ray Hale is a registered voter in Gates County, North Carolina, registered since 2001 (25 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Danny Ray Hale's year of birth as 1965; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 7 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 election [3].\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 Danny Ray Hale can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 primary certified precinct results, Gates County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/GATES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 Gates County Board of Education District 03; also confirmed via the [NC State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Listing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Danny","lastname":"Hale","middlename":"Ray","suffix":null,"token":"c5d48ca6b0f1b692"},"token":"A7tZrQuJ1Jh6GFoL"}],"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":"Gates County Board Of Education District 03"}