{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"W. D. Anderson","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nWalter Dunne Anderson is the incumbent District 5 member of the Lenoir County Board of Education and is running for re-election as the Democratic candidate in the November 3, 2026 general election [2].\n\n## Office history\n\nAnderson was first elected to the board in the November 4, 2014 general election, running unopposed and receiving all 2,752 votes cast for the District 5 seat [1].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [Walter Anderson - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Walter_Anderson) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing listing (`Candidate_Listing_2026.csv`) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19","firstname":"Walter","lastname":"Anderson","middlename":"Dunne","suffix":null,"token":"4bf64ddfb3ba17d0"},"token":"cQzb9mpxeFZuUmff"}],"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":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Lenoir County Board Of Education District 05"}