{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Sammy McNeill","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nSammy Dale McNeill is a candidate for the Moore County Board of Education, District III, in the November 2026 general election. McNeill resides in Robbins, NC, and filed his candidacy on December 18, 2025.\n\n## Career\nMcNeill served as Chief of the Moore County Schools Police Department, one of only a handful of school district police forces in North Carolina. He was largely responsible for a number of security improvements at schools and credited with achieving a 27 percent decline in school crime during the department's early years. He retired as police chief in early 2016.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Board of Education Races Feature Full Slate of Candidates \u2013 The Pilot](https://www.thepilot.com/news/board-of-education-races-feature-full-slate-of-candidates/article_80e6b530-835f-45d6-82bb-50d02371ef9e.html)\n- [2] [Moore among few NC school districts with own police force \u2013 WRAL](https://www.wral.com/story/moore-among-few-nc-school-districts-with-own-police-force/12239340/)","firstname":"Sammy","lastname":"Mcneill","middlename":"Dale","suffix":null,"token":"36aa721019be1542"},"token":"SthuEWa5I7_J9ZJ2"},{"candidatename":"Chris A. Steiner","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Christopher Allen Steiner is a registered voter in Moore County, North Carolina, registered since 2025 (1 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Christopher Allen Steiner's year of birth as 1989; 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\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 Christopher Allen Steiner 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":"Christopher","lastname":"Steiner","middlename":"Allen","suffix":null,"token":"d4caa55639016bbc"},"token":"-auwEjnD_V_pOWGC"}],"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":0,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Moore County Board Of Education District Iii"}