{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Melinda Porter","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nMelinda Bea Quick Porter is a candidate for Washington County Board of Commissioners at-large in North Carolina, based in Plymouth, NC.\n\n## Career\n\nPorter is the co-owner and operator of Porter Properties & Mini Storage and also works as a Realtor with United Country Forbes Realty & Auctions. In August 2021, Governor Roy Cooper appointed her as a public member to the North Carolina Auctioneers Commission.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Governor Cooper Announces State Boards and Commissions Appointments \u2013 NC Governor](https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2021/08/20/governor-cooper-announces-state-boards-and-commissions-appointments)","firstname":"Melinda","lastname":"Porter","middlename":"Bea Quick","suffix":null,"token":"4f2b92650b0fbf01"},"token":"Vbvn8atFh8GbdkPM"},{"candidatename":"Jonathan B. Sawyer IV","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"REP","person":{"biography":"According to the North Carolina voter file, Jonathan Boutton Sawyer IV is a registered voter in Washington County, North Carolina, registered since 2017 (9 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [1].\n\nThe voter file shows Jonathan Boutton Sawyer IV's year of birth as 1999; 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 10 elections voted in since 2018, 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 Jonathan Boutton Sawyer IV 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":"Jonathan","lastname":"Sawyer","middlename":"Boutton","suffix":"IV","token":"40664e4ab266b98d"},"token":"LCL1wq-AxtEJYIbO"}],"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":"Washington County Board Of Commissioners At-Large"}