{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Doug Brinson","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nJack Brinson is a candidate for County Commission At Large [1]. He previously ran for Carolina Shores Town Council in North Carolina in 2025 [1]. As of May 12, 2026, he is on the ballot for the upcoming election.\n\n## Office history\n\nJack Brinson has served on the Carolina Shores Town Council in North Carolina [1]. He is a candidate for this same seat in the 2025 election [1]. No other elected or appointed offices held by Brinson are documented in the provided sources.\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n\nJack Brinson self-describes his profession as a businessman [1]. Specific details regarding his business interests, family wealth sources, ownership stakes, or significant financial disclosures are not provided in the available source material [1].\n\nNO_CONTENT\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Jack Brinson (Carolina Shores Town Council, North Carolina, candidate 2025) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Jack_Brinson_(Carolina_Shores_Town_Council,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2025))","firstname":"Jack","lastname":"Brinson","middlename":"Douglas","suffix":null,"token":"9ec2168e59036a4a"},"token":"z7238HKsXkjoYbav"},{"candidatename":"Derek Potter","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nBenjamin Derek Potter is a Republican candidate for one of two Pamlico County Board of Commissioners At-Large seats [1]. He and fellow Republican Doug Brinson won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary, defeating T.W. Harris, and advance to the November 3, 2026 general election against unaffiliated candidate Jennifer Sanders Williford for the two at-large seats [1]. Potter filed his candidacy on December 1, 2025, with an address on file in Grantsboro, NC [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 Candidate Listing (Pamlico County)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","firstname":"Benjamin","lastname":"Potter","middlename":"Derek","suffix":null,"token":"b441906123d2ee99"},"token":"1gDOUuyurV2XZcOV"},{"candidatename":"T.W. Harris","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Terry Wayne Harris JR is a registered voter in Pamlico County, North Carolina, registered since 1998 (28 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Terry Wayne Harris JR's year of birth as 1979; 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 Terry Wayne Harris JR 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":"Terry","lastname":"Harris","middlename":"Wayne","suffix":"JR","token":"68c240400ccf6ad5"},"token":"lhaV_hAyqkAB-YTK"}],"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":2,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Pamlico County Board Of Commissioners At-Large"}