{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Jamie D. Gibbs","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nJamie Donell Gibbs is a Democratic candidate for the Pamlico County Board of Education At-Large seat, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1]. Gibbs filed for candidacy on December 1, 2025, with an address on file in Bayboro, NC [1]. No additional published biographical information was located.\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":"Jamie","lastname":"Gibbs","middlename":"Donell","suffix":null,"token":"9f6100553a146589"},"token":"_3zMkrFtKP4XFgMb"},{"candidatename":"Erik Smith","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Erik Reid Smith is a registered voter in Pamlico County, North Carolina, registered since 2013 (13 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Erik Reid Smith'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 9 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2024-11-05 general 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 Erik Reid Smith 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":"Erik","lastname":"Smith","middlename":"Reid","suffix":null,"token":"1b9ada47b144b8b4"},"token":"3gQBIydromFjUQH1"}],"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":2,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Pamlico County Board Of Education At-Large"}