{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Renee L. Holland","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRenee L. Holland is the incumbent Register of Deeds for Iredell County, North Carolina, and is seeking re-election as the Republican nominee in the 2026 general election. She was elected to a four-year term and sworn into office on December 5, 2022 [1].\n\n## Background and education\nHolland is a lifelong resident of Iredell County. Before running for Register of Deeds, she spent 25 years in health care, including service as executive officer at the Iredell County Health Department and as clerk to the county Board of Health [1].\n\n## Career\nAs Register of Deeds, Holland oversees the maintenance and public accessibility of vital records \u2014 including deeds, marriage licenses, and birth and death certificates \u2014 with documents dating back to the 1700s [1].\n\n## Office history\nHolland previously ran for Register of Deeds in 2022, winning the May 17, 2022 Republican primary against Maureen P. Purcell and the November 8, 2022 general election [2]. She did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey; her listed campaign contact is renee4iredellcountyrod@gmail.com [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Staff Directory \u2022 Renee Holland](https://www.iredellcountync.gov/directory.aspx?EID=733) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19\n[2] [Renee L. Holland (Iredell County Register of Deeds, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Renee_L._Holland_(Iredell_County_Register_of_Deeds,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022)) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19","firstname":"Renee","lastname":"Holland","middlename":"Ladd","suffix":null,"token":"5f2e1d7936ef3a94"},"token":"uDvqSpggKu7cB1Vt"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"register_of_deeds","o.office":"register_of_deeds","office":"register_of_deeds","officedescription":"The register of deeds maintains the county's permanent public record of real-property instruments \u2014 deeds, mortgages, liens, and plats \u2014 and collects the state transfer and mortgage taxes on them. The record the office keeps is the legal backbone of property ownership.","officequalities":"- Records management of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes, the recording-tax schedule, and the increasingly-electronic submission workflow used by title companies.\n- Accuracy and indexing discipline \u2014 an error in the register's records can cloud title for years.\n- Public-access service: the records are open, and the office serves both professional users and individual property owners.\n- Budget and technology literacy for maintaining a searchable, modern record system.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Register of Deeds","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Iredell County Register Of Deeds"}