{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Matthew Swain","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMatthew Swain is a Republican candidate for the Stanly County Board of Commissioners, District 3, in the November 3, 2026 general election in North Carolina.\n\n## Career\nSwain previously served on the Stanly County Board of Commissioners, including as chairman of the board in 2019 and 2020. He has also served on the Stanly County Economic Development Board and as chief of a volunteer fire station in the county.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Stanly Commission and Albemarle Council swear in members, select leaders \u2013 Stanly County Journal](https://stanlyjournal.com/2020/12/09/stanly-commission-and-albemarle-council-swear-in-members-select-leaders/)","firstname":"Matthew","lastname":"Swain","middlename":"J","suffix":null,"token":"b01e96a691f4d8b7"},"token":"2byYC4GwnYt3yZBH"}],"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":"Stanly County Board Of Commissioners District 03"}