{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDonald Vann Jones (Vann Jones) ran as a Republican candidate for one of three seats on the Davie County Board of Education in the March 3, 2026 primary, one of five Republican candidates. He placed fourth with 2,568 votes; Joe Caudle (3,327), Marie Helms (2,915), and Kim McClure (2,613) advanced as the top three vote-getters. Jones will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Donald Vann Jones is a registered voter in Davie County, North Carolina, registered since 2013 (13 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Donald Vann Jones's year of birth as 1962; 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 10 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\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 Donald Vann Jones can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary/election results by precinct (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-24\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/)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"davie","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Davie County Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Donald","fullname":"Donald Vann Jones","lastname":"Jones","middlename":"Vann","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Davie County Board Of Education","county":"davie","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"davie","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"davie","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Davie County Board Of Education","county":"davie","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"davie","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Davie County since 2013.","terms":[],"token":"0a4667775e20e97a"}