{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Brian Thompson","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJames Brian Thompson is a candidate for Bladen County Board Of Commissioners District 01 in Rutherford County, North Carolina in the 2026 election cycle. The North Carolina primary is scheduled for March 3, 2026, with the general election on November 3, 2026.\n\nNo additional biographical information is currently available for this candidate. Voters seeking more information are encouraged to contact local news sources, the county Board of Elections, or the candidate's campaign directly.\n","firstname":"James","lastname":"Thompson","middlename":"Brian","suffix":null,"token":"e22e39b0dda2b574"},"token":"P_yahVhMPghqTe-M"},{"candidatename":"Clark Poole","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nForrest Clark Poole is a Republican candidate for Rutherford County Board of Commissioners District 1 in the 2026 primary, running alongside four other Republicans including Jim Owens, Brian Thompson, Anthony Morrow, and Allen Hardin.\n\n## Background and education\n\nPoole holds a degree from Duke University.\n\n## Career\n\nPoole has been affiliated with the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce and has served as its director. He has also served as a representative to the NC Senior Tar Heel Legislature.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Vote Clark Poole for County Commissioner](https://votepoole.com/)","firstname":"Forrest","lastname":"Poole","middlename":"Clark","suffix":null,"token":"1ea6a1c71a9d37d8"},"token":"tQrgz1YnOlASGIhZ"},{"candidatename":"Anthony R. Morrow","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nAnthony Ryan Morrow is a Republican candidate for the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners District 1 in North Carolina. He ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary against four other candidates.\n\n## Career\n\nMorrow is an attorney running the Law Office of Anthony R. Morrow in Rutherfordton, NC, handling criminal defense, DWI, traffic, and family law matters in Western North Carolina. He enlisted in the US Navy at age 17, was trained as a Yeoman, and was assigned to the USS George Washington (CVN 73) homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, completing two Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf deployments in 2002 and 2004. After graduating from law school, he joined the Cook County (Illinois) State's Attorney's Office as an Assistant State's Attorney in the Child Protective Services Division. He later served as a staff attorney with the Burke County Department of Social Services in NC, litigating child protective services cases.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Attorney Bio \u2013 Law Office of Anthony R. Morrow](https://anthonymorrowlaw.com/attorney-bio/)","firstname":"Anthony","lastname":"Morrow","middlename":"Ryan","suffix":null,"token":"4d28637b0d5d0640"},"token":"84U98isqjIOskBPV"},{"candidatename":"Allen Hardin","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Lloyd Allen Hardin is a registered voter in Rutherford County, North Carolina, registered since 1998 (28 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Lloyd Allen Hardin's year of birth as 1971; 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 10 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 Lloyd Allen Hardin 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":"Lloyd","lastname":"Hardin","middlename":"Allen","suffix":null,"token":"4b1c767ccede3aa6"},"token":"HicSqhckEhWRduSV"},{"candidatename":"Jim Owens","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nJames David Owens (known as Jim Owens) is a Republican candidate for Rutherford County Board of Commissioners District 1 in the 2026 primary, running alongside four other Republicans including Clark Poole, Brian Thompson, Anthony Morrow, and Allen Hardin.\n\n## Career\n\nOwens is a lifelong resident of Rutherford County who owned and operated a chain of restaurants in the area.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Crowded field running for three commissioner seats \u2013 The Digital Courier](https://www.thedigitalcourier.com/archives/crowded-field-running-for-three-commissioner-seats-share-visions/article_f6f8c1f6-f345-5247-9de9-ddd01c35643d.html)","firstname":"James","lastname":"Owens","middlename":"David","suffix":null,"token":"5f2a7641da7f2d87"},"token":"4xycelfo3SQsdZqd"}],"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":"Rutherford County Board Of Commissioners District 01"}