{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Jamie Adams","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJamie Tennille Adams was appointed District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 21 on September 30, 2024, by Governor Roy Cooper, replacing retiring District Attorney Reece Saunders. She was sworn in on October 7, 2024. District 21 covers Anson, Richmond, and Scotland counties. She filed as a Democratic candidate for the 2026 general election on December 1, 2025.\n\n## Background and education\nAdams earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1998. She earned her Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, graduating cum laude in 2008. She was admitted to the Michigan bar in 2006 and the North Carolina bar in 2008. Her office is located in Laurinburg, North Carolina (Scotland County).\n\n## Career\nAdams previously served as an assistant district attorney in Prosecutorial Districts 25 and 26. While serving in District 26, which covers Mecklenburg County, she founded the Mecklenburg County Domestic Violence Prosecution Team, a specialized unit that continued operating after her departure. She later joined District 21 as Chief Assistant District Attorney before her appointment as District Attorney.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Governor Cooper Announces District Attorney Appointment \u2013 NC Governor](https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2024/09/30/governor-cooper-announces-district-attorney-appointment)\n- [2] [Adams takes over as DA for Richmond, Scotland, Anson \u2013 Richmond Observer](https://richmondobserver.com/stories/adams-takes-over-as-da-for-richmond-scotland-anson,24533)\n- [3] [Prosecutorial District 21 \u2013 NC Conference of District Attorneys](https://www.ncdistrictattorney.org/district-attorney/prosecutorial-district-21/)","firstname":"Jamie","lastname":"Adams","middlename":"Tennille","suffix":null,"token":"f437a36a066ae271"},"token":"HlRC8LTAah"},{"candidatename":"Todd G. Scott","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"Todd Galmin Scott filed as the Republican candidate for District Attorney District 21 (Anson counties) on December 2, 2025, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [3].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Todd Galmin Scott is a registered voter in Richmond County, North Carolina, registered since 1997 (29 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Todd Galmin Scott's year of birth as 1969; 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 11 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 and the state's official candidate filing list. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Todd Galmin Scott can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- 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/)\n\n[3] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- 2026 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv), accessed 2026-07-21","firstname":"Todd","lastname":"Scott","middlename":"Galmin","suffix":null,"token":"3888ee5d461b5033"},"token":"Qx9naeDbkH"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"district_attorney_general","o.office":"district_attorney","office":"district_attorney","officedescription":"The district attorney general is the elected chief prosecutor for a judicial district \u2014 deciding what cases are charged, presenting cases to the grand jury, and prosecuting criminal matters. It is a leadership role over a public-law office with wide discretion.","officequalities":"- Prosecutorial leadership of a district attorney's office of attorneys, investigators, and victim-services staff.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, and prosecutorial ethics under the Rules of Professional Conduct.\n- Charging-policy judgment that shapes the whole criminal-court docket \u2014 what is presented to the grand jury, diverted, or resolved by plea.\n- Budget and personnel management of a public-law-office operation.\n- Public-facing communication on cases of community concern, in cooperation with police, courts, and victim communities.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"District Attorney","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"District Attorney District 21"}