{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Duffy Johnson","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nWilliam McDuffy Johnson is a candidate for Randolph County Commission District 04 in the 2026 election [2]. He currently serves as Assistant County Manager/Operations within Randolph County administration [1]. His office is located on the second floor of the Randolph County Office Building at 725 McDowell Road in Asheboro [1].\n\n## Career\n\nWilliam Johnson holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) and serves as the Assistant County Manager for Randolph County, North Carolina [3]. He assumed this role in January 2023, bringing extensive experience in local government management to the position [3]. In this capacity, his responsibilities encompass fiscal management, project oversight, and program administration [3].\n\nPrior to joining Randolph County, Johnson served as the City Manager for the City of Randleman [3]. He also previously held the position of Assistant County Manager for Edgecombe County Government [3].\n\n## Office history\n\nWilliam Johnson currently serves as the Assistant County Manager/Operations for Randolph County [1]. In this capacity, he holds a position within the County Administration at the Randolph County Office Building in Asheboro [2]. The provided sources do not contain information regarding previous elected or appointed offices held by Johnson, nor do they detail any prior races run or lost.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Staff Directory \u2022 William Johnson - Randolph County](https://www.randolphcountync.gov/directory.aspx?EID=202)\n[2] [Staff Directory \u2022 William Johnson - Randolph County](https://www.randolphcountync.gov/directory.aspx?eid=206)\n[3] [William Johnson - Assistant County Manager at Randolph County, NC | The Org](https://theorg.com/org/randolph-county-nc/org-chart/william-johnson)","firstname":"William","lastname":"Johnson","middlename":"Mcduffy","suffix":null,"token":"f7f7d8fc53c05f1d"},"token":"iMpW022U3wcaSLPE"}],"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":"Randolph County Board Of Commissioners District 04"}