{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMelissa Davis Ocean is an incumbent member of the Public Schools of Robeson County Board of Education, representing District 2 in North Carolina. She was elected in 2022 and filed for re-election in 2026. In July 2025, she was elected Vice Chairman of the Robeson County Board of Education for the 2025-2026 term.\n\nOcean has described her most important role as being \"a voice for those small individuals that adults often overlook, not realizing their futures are at stake and their feelings matter.\"\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Ocean files for another term on school board \u2013 Robesonian](https://www.robesonian.com/news/336009/ocean-files-for-another-term-on-school-board)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_02","county":"robeson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Robeson County Board Of Education District 02"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Melissa","fullname":"Melissa Davis Ocean","lastname":"Ocean","middlename":"Davis","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_02","contest_title":"Robeson County Board Of Education District 02","county":"robeson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"robeson","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"robeson","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_02","contest_title":"Robeson County Board Of Education District 02","county":"robeson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"robeson","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"12fe46c80cc4a701"}