{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Ralph Whitehurst","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRalph Gordon Whitehurst was a Republican candidate for Pitt County Board of Commissioners District 06 in the March 3, 2026 primary, a three-candidate field. He placed second with 593 votes, behind winner Gary Weaver's 739 (Richard Zeck was third with 324), and lost the primary [1]. He will not appear on the Pitt County Board of Commissioners District 06 ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election.\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Ralph Gordon Whitehurst is a registered voter in Pitt County, North Carolina, registered since 1988 (38 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Ralph Gordon Whitehurst's year of birth as 1968; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 15 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Ralph Gordon Whitehurst can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 primary certified precinct results, Pitt County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/PITT_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 Pitt County Board of Commissioners District 06 (REP), accessed 2026-07-21; also confirmed via the [NC State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Listing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Ralph","lastname":"Whitehurst","middlename":"Gordon","suffix":null,"token":"72b18934f9e0fb08"},"token":"tPKd427mH4zM4Qcx"},{"candidatename":"Gary Weaver","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Gary Daniel Weaver is a registered voter in Pitt County, North Carolina, registered since 1994 (32 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Gary Daniel Weaver's year of birth as 1968; 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 15 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 Gary Daniel Weaver 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":"Gary","lastname":"Weaver","middlename":"Daniel","suffix":null,"token":"c59cad06019db593"},"token":"eDM2ecV_uT7yYqBB"},{"candidatename":"Richard C. Zeck","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRichard Charles Zeck was a Republican candidate for Pitt County Board of Commissioners District 06 in the March 3, 2026 primary, a three-candidate field. He placed third with 324 votes, behind winner Gary Weaver (739) and Ralph Whitehurst (593), and lost the primary [1]. He will not appear on the Pitt County Board of Commissioners District 06 ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election.\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Richard Charles Zeck is a registered voter in Pitt County, North Carolina, registered since 2015 (11 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Richard Charles Zeck's year of birth as 1960; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 17 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Richard Charles Zeck can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 primary certified precinct results, Pitt County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/PITT_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 Pitt County Board of Commissioners District 06 (REP), accessed 2026-07-21; also confirmed via the [NC State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Listing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","firstname":"Richard","lastname":"Zeck","middlename":"Charles","suffix":null,"token":"e51d6204e4af6112"},"token":"dkBh1mkjFcswDh1d"}],"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":"Pitt County Board Of Commissioners District 06"}