{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Kasey Martin","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKasey Martin is the Republican candidate for the District A seat on the Mount Airy City Schools Board of Education in Surry County, North Carolina, in the November 3, 2026 general election. She filed for the seat during the candidate filing period that closed in December 2025; incumbent Kyle Leonard, who had held the District A seat, filed instead for the board's at-large seat, challenging longtime at-large incumbent Tim Matthews [1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Filing ends; lineup set for election season \u2013 Mt. Airy News](https://www.mtairynews.com/news/filing-ends-lineup-set-for-election-season/article_4c1f864e-53ab-4785-8189-2cc551a69595.html)","firstname":"Kasey","lastname":"Martin","middlename":"Riddle","suffix":null,"token":"7ab7e2055c70bdd2"},"token":"iHjYZPccBcJr4X2Z"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"school_board","o.office":"school_board","office":"school_board","officedescription":"A school board member serves on the elected body that governs a public school district. The board sets district policy and budget priorities and hires and evaluates the superintendent, while leaving day-to-day management to the administration.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment for a public school district \u2014 setting direction while leaving day-to-day management to the superintendent.\n- Budget literacy for operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the county commission (which appropriates) and the state.\n- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent \u2014 the board's highest-stakes recurring decision.\n- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"School Board Member","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Mount Airy City Schools Board Of Education District A"}