{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Bill Goins","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Billie Ray Goins JR is a registered voter in Surry County, North Carolina, registered since 1986 (40 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Billie Ray Goins JR's year of birth as 1968; 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 15 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 Billie Ray Goins JR 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":"Billie","lastname":"Goins","middlename":"Ray","suffix":"JR","token":"4b38a9b2391e93d8"},"token":"uh2Nq9cxin1OGvuL"},{"candidatename":"Jon Cawley","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJonathon Lee Cawley, known publicly as Jon Cawley, is the incumbent Mayor of Mount Airy, North Carolina, seeking re-election in the November 3, 2026 municipal election. He is being challenged by Bill Goins, a Surry County commissioner representing the Mount Airy district, who filed for mayor during the same filing period; Mount Airy's municipal races are non-partisan [1][2].\n\n## Office history\nCawley has served the city since 2008, when he was first elected North Ward city commissioner [3]. He was elected mayor in November 2022, defeating incumbent Ron Niland 1,915 votes to 1,511 (about 55%-45%) in the general election, after having lost to Niland in the preceding May primary; he was sworn in December 1, 2022 [2][3].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Goins challenging Cawley for mayor \u2013 Mt. Airy News](https://www.mtairynews.com/news/goins-challenging-cawley-for-mayor/article_6c5046f1-f26c-46ea-a551-79b7db949ce2.html)\n- [2] [Jon Cawley \u2013 Staff Directory, City of Mount Airy](https://www.mountairy.org/directory.aspx?EID=5)\n- [3] [Cawley defeats Niland in mayor's race \u2013 Mt. Airy News](https://www.mtairynews.com/news/local/cawley-defeats-niland-in-mayor-s-race/article_d9055de9-f607-5ceb-ac06-7f571e27b745.html)","firstname":"Jonathon","lastname":"Cawley","middlename":"Lee","suffix":null,"token":"47e7363ef7d43e3b"},"token":"YUZJ-tyQYmWG_XlY"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"city_mayor","o.office":"city_mayor","office":"city_mayor","officedescription":"A city or town mayor is the municipality's chief executive, responsible for administering city departments, proposing the city budget, and representing the city. In some Tennessee cities the mayor is a strong executive; in others the role is more ceremonial alongside a city manager.","officequalities":"- Executive leadership of a city government \u2014 police, fire, public works, parks, and administration.\n- Ability to negotiate and defend an annual budget before the city council.\n- Intergovernmental capacity: with the county, the State of Tennessee, federal partners, and neighboring municipalities.\n- Working familiarity with the city charter, Tennessee municipal law, and open-meetings rules.\n- Crisis-management and public-communication capacity.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Mayor","partisan":0,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"City Of Mount Airy Mayor"}