{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Quentin E. Harris","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nQuentin Edward Harris is a Republican candidate for District Attorney in North Carolina's Prosecutorial District 23, which covers Stokes and Surry counties, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1][2]. He filed his candidacy on December 1, 2025 [1]. The current District Attorney for District 23 is Tim Watson [3].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List, accessed 2026-07-20 (https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n[2] [Who Is Running for Prosecutor and Sheriff in North Carolina in 2026? \u2013 Bolts](https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/candidates-district-attorney-sheriff-north-carolina-2026/)\n[3] [About Your District Attorney \u2013 NC Conference of District Attorneys, Prosecutorial District 23](https://www.ncdistrictattorney.org/district-attorney/prosecutorial-district-23/)","firstname":"Quentin","lastname":"Harris","middlename":"Edward","suffix":null,"token":"539a22553615d507"},"token":"F9Q3pGqCXv"}],"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 23"}