{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Charles DeLoach","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMark Charles DeLoach, who campaigns under the name Charles DeLoach, is a Democratic candidate for the Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners District 5 in 2026. He filed after incumbent Commissioner Laura Meier announced she would not seek re-election. His campaign website is charlesdeloach.com.\n\nDeLoach's platform centers on expanding access to affordable childcare through direct county investment, addressing housing affordability by streamlining permitting and expanding mixed-income development incentives, and improving equitable healthcare access by investing in mobile clinics, mental health services, and maternal care equity.\n\n## Background and education\nDeLoach is a fourth-generation North Carolinian. He lives in south Charlotte with his wife and daughter.\n\n## Career\nDeLoach works as a civil litigation attorney. He has a background in community organizing and founded a nonprofit focused on facilitating cross-perspective political conversations. He previously served as Regional Vice Chair of the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party.\n\n## Family\nDeLoach is married to Caroline DeLoach. The couple has a young daughter named Wren.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [About \u2013 Charles DeLoach for Mecklenburg](https://charlesdeloach.com/about/)\n- [2] [Platform \u2013 Charles DeLoach for Mecklenburg](https://charlesdeloach.com/platform/)\n","firstname":"Mark","lastname":"Deloach","middlename":"Charles","suffix":null,"token":"76b41f8ce10b3a1c"},"token":"nM5WsKk__RsD6CIT"}],"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":"Mecklenburg County Board Of Commissioners District 05"}