{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Greg Drumwright","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"Gregory Brooks Drumwright is a Democratic candidate for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners At\u2011Large in the 2026 election.  The Board of Commissioners serves as the chief governing body for Guilford County, setting policy, approving the budget, overseeing county services such as public safety, health, and infrastructure, and representing the interests of all county residents.  Drumwright is campaigning on a platform that includes safe schools and communities, increased teacher pay, rural health\u2011care initiatives, expanded mental\u2011health support, and a community\u2011wide \u201cLet\u2019s Grow Guilford Together\u201d vision [7].\n\nDrumwright earned a Bachelor of Arts from North Carolina A&T State University and a Master of Divinity from Wake Forest University, and he is currently pursuing doctoral studies [12].  He serves as senior pastor of The Citadel Church & Campus Ministries in Greensboro, where he has built a congregation that attracts large millennial audiences.  In addition to his pastoral duties, he is a professor of Public Speaking and Human Communication and the Senior Principal Consultant for Leadership Enhancement and Academic Development (L.E.A.D.) [12].\n\nHis public\u2011service record includes appointment by Governor Roy Cooper to the North Carolina Courts Commission as the sole at\u2011large, non\u2011lawyer member, a role in which he has contributed to criminal\u2011justice reform and under\u2011age vaping legislation [12].  He was also honored with the Old North State Award for more than two decades of community service, and he has received numerous recognitions such as the Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights\u2019 Frank R. Parker Award and Black Business Ink\u2019s Top\u202f40 Under\u202f40 list [12].\n\nDrumwright is a nationally recognized activist.  He founded the Justice\u202f4\u202fthe\u202fNext\u202fGeneration movement, has appeared on CNN, ABC, FOX, NBC, and in publications including Forbes, The New\u202fYork\u202fTimes, The Washington Post, and Bloomberg.  In 2022 he was featured in the Netflix documentary \u201cCivil\u201d for his work with attorney Ben\u202fCrump supporting the family of George\u202fFloyd during the trial [7][12].  He has also organized community initiatives such as \u201cKicks\u202f4\u202fOur\u202fKids,\u201d which donated over 500 pairs of shoes to underserved students in Guilford County [7].\n\nIn 2020 Drumwright was arrested during a Halloween\u2011day march in Graham, leading to felony obstruction\u2011of\u2011justice and assault\u2011on\u2011officer charges; both felonies were later dismissed, with one dismissed by the court and the other resulting in a grand jury \u201cno true bill\u201d [11].  The incident underscores his long\u2011standing involvement in civil\u2011rights protests.\n\nPreviously, Drumwright ran for the Guilford County Board of Education\u2019s District\u202f2 seat in 2018, demonstrating his ongoing interest in local governance [8].  His current campaign emphasizes collaborative, equity\u2011focused leadership to address education, public safety, health, and economic development across Guilford County.\n\n## Sources\n- [7] [Community Leader & Organizer](https://www.gregdrumwright.com/)\n- [8] [The Rev. Gregory Drumwright is running for District 2 seat of Guilford school board](https://greensboro.com/blogs/the_chalkboard/the-rev-gregory-drumwright-is-running-for-district-seat-of/article_49cede34-40fc-51d5-b21e-3a58bae9746f.html)\n- [11] [Both felony charges dropped against organizer of Halloween march & rally - alamancenews.com](https://alamancenews.com/d-a-s-office-dismisses-both-felony-charges-against-organizer-of-halloween-march-rally/)\n- [12] [Community Leader & Organizer | The Minister](https://www.gregdrumwright.com/the-minister)","firstname":"Gregory","lastname":"Drumwright","middlename":"Brooks","suffix":null,"token":"864bf6f13f2eae38"},"token":"yNfk3Ax3SJJCNCV1"},{"candidatename":"Amy Kemp","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAmy Woodard Kemp ran for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners at-large seat in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary, competing against Rev. Toby Hedgepeth and Rev. Greg Drumwright for the single available at-large nomination.\n\nKemp named fully funded public schools as her top priority, calling schools \"stability.\" She also campaigned on attainable housing and community safety. She was endorsed by former U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Manning.\n\n## Background and education\nKemp grew up in Raleigh and earned a degree in communications and political science from Salem College in Winston-Salem. She has lived in Guilford County for more than 25 years.\n\n## Career\nKemp worked for the NC Association of Realtors as an events manager, diversity committee liaison, and property management division liaison. She also served as a tutor at Jones Elementary School in Guilford County Schools.\n\nKemp served as a Guardian ad Litem for children in foster care and participated on the Guilford County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Amy Kemp Runs For Guilford County Board of Commissioners \u2013 Greensboro Thread](https://greensborothread.com/news/politics/elections/amy-kemp-guilford-county-commissioners/)\n- [2] [School funding, affordability shape Guilford Commission primary \u2013 WUNC](https://www.wunc.org/2026-02-25/school-funding-affordability-shape-guilford-commission-primary)\n","firstname":"Amy","lastname":"Kemp","middlename":"Woodard","suffix":null,"token":"43565bffcdd8148e"},"token":"AenvBh5RqrCTHCCC"},{"candidatename":"Toby Andrea Hedgepeth","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nToby Andrea Hedgepeth (Democrat) ran for an at-large seat on the Guilford County, NC Board of Commissioners in the 2026 Democratic primary, her first campaign for elected office.\n\nShe campaigned on property tax reform, fully funded public schools, equitable housing, and community investment.\n\n## Background and education\nA Guilford County native, Hedgepeth graduated from Dudley High School. She holds a bachelor's degree from Strayer University (2005), a graduate degree from Villanova University (2015), and a second graduate degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary (2023). She is currently pursuing a doctorate at Duke Divinity School.\n\n## Career\nHedgepeth has two decades of experience in higher education administration and currently serves as a divisional human resources director at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, serving as associate pastor at Union Chapel United Church of Christ in Burlington.\n\nHedgepeth serves on the board of A Simple Gesture, a Guilford County hunger-relief nonprofit, and is a leader with Public School Strong NC.\n\n## Family\nLives in Whitsett, NC, with her husband and two sons.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Toby Hedgepeth for Guilford County Commissioner \u2013 Campaign Website](https://toby4guilford.com/)\n- [2] [Toby Hedgepeth Runs for Guilford County Commissioner \u2013 Greensboro Thread](https://greensborothread.com/news/politics/elections/its-all-about-people/)\n","firstname":"Toby","lastname":"Hedgepeth","middlename":"Andrea","suffix":null,"token":"c1574c24a1a5ec89"},"token":"p66FovRcZq0LYHC7"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":"county_commission","office":"county_commission","officedescription":"A county commissioner is a member of the county's legislative body. The commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, authorizes borrowing, and passes county resolutions and ordinances. Commissioners are elected from districts (or at-large seats) to represent constituents on countywide policy.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on countywide matters \u2014 budget, taxes, land use, services, and intergovernmental issues \u2014 within Tennessee county-government law.\n- Budget literacy: the commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, and authorizes multi-year bond issues.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on resolutions and ordinances; committee work that pre-screens items.\n- Constituent relations in the district \u2014 case-work and community issues flow through the commissioner's office.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual continuing education through UT CTAS.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Commissioner","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Guilford County Board Of Commissioners At-Large"}