{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJennifer Mitchell Whittington ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary for the Caldwell County Board of Commissioners, one of nine candidates competing for two nominations. She finished sixth with 3.63% of the vote; Donnie Potter (23.42%) and Mike LaBrose (22.08%) won the two Republican nominations. Whittington will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Whittington is a registered voter in Caldwell County, North Carolina, registered since 2019 (7 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Whittington's year of birth as 1956; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 8 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","county":"caldwell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Caldwell County Board Of Commissioners"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Jennifer","fullname":"Jennifer Mitchell Whittington","lastname":"Whittington","middlename":"Mitchell","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Caldwell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"caldwell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"caldwell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"caldwell","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission","contest_title":"Caldwell County Board Of Commissioners","county":"caldwell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"caldwell","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Caldwell County since 2019.","terms":[],"token":"038af4ac11ebdcdb"}