{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Greg West","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nGregory Wallace West, who filed for the ballot as \"Greg West,\" is the Republican candidate for Haywood County Tax Collector in North Carolina. He filed for the seat on December 1, 2025, and ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary alongside Andrew Ferguson and Emily Sapp, per North Carolina State Board of Elections candidate filing records [1][2].\n\nBallotpedia's profile of West states that it did not receive biographical information from him and that he had not completed its Candidate Connection survey as of its most recent update; the profile lists a contact email of gregwest381@gmail.com for reaching him [2].\n\nNo further public biographical, educational, or professional information about West was located in the sources consulted.\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections -- [2026 General Election Candidate Detail List by County (PDF)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/2026_general_candidate_detail_list.pdf), Haywood County -- accessed 2026-07-19\n\n[2] [Greg West (Haywood County Tax Collector, North Carolina, candidate 2026) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Greg_West_(Haywood_County_Tax_Collector,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2026))","firstname":"Gregory","lastname":"West","middlename":"Wallace","suffix":null,"token":"39303d425a2df693"},"token":"4IDbSbqdFJ_nAKGs"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":null,"o.office":"tax_collector","office":"tax_collector","officedescription":"A county tax collector bills and collects property and other local taxes, enforces collection on delinquent accounts, and accounts for the funds to the county. It is a financial and administrative office handling large sums of public money.","officequalities":"- Financial management and accounting: bills, collects, and accounts for the county's tax revenue.\n- Fiduciary trustworthiness as custodian of public funds.\n- Working knowledge of North Carolina property-tax law, including enforced-collection remedies and relief programs.\n- Accurate, high-volume collection and reconciliation systems.\n- Accessible customer service for taxpayers paying, disputing, or seeking relief.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Tax Collector","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Haywood County Tax Collector"}