{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Preston Blakely","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Preston Kelly Blakely is a registered voter in Henderson County, North Carolina, registered since 2018 (8 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Preston Kelly Blakely's year of birth as 1994; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [1].\n\nThe voter history file shows 14 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [2].\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 Preston Kelly Blakely can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Preston","lastname":"Blakely","middlename":"Kelly","suffix":null,"token":"c95f3c4464bdd1a0"},"token":"FBm04Ct04PiT_ubi"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"city_mayor","o.office":"town_mayor","office":"town_mayor","officedescription":"A city or town mayor is the municipality's chief executive, responsible for administering city departments, proposing the city budget, and representing the city. In some Tennessee cities the mayor is a strong executive; in others the role is more ceremonial alongside a city manager.","officequalities":"- Executive leadership of a city government \u2014 police, fire, public works, parks, and administration.\n- Ability to negotiate and defend an annual budget before the city council.\n- Intergovernmental capacity: with the county, the State of Tennessee, federal partners, and neighboring municipalities.\n- Working familiarity with the city charter, Tennessee municipal law, and open-meetings rules.\n- Crisis-management and public-communication capacity.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Mayor","partisan":0,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Town Of Fletcher Mayor"}