Chad Kenneth Cole

Chad Cole is a candidate for the Watauga County Board of Education, District 04, in the November 3, 2026 general election. The Board of Education is a nonpartisan three‑seat body that oversees the public schools of Watauga County, setting policy, approving budgets, and hiring senior administrators ¹⁴.

Cole resides at 128 Jacks Road in Vilas, North Carolina ⁹. No educational or professional background is provided in the publicly available sources.

Cole first appeared on the ballot in the 2022 election cycle. He filed for the nonpartisan primary held on May 17, 2022 and advanced to the general election on November 8, 2022, where he was listed among six candidates for the three available seats ¹. He ran again in the 2024 cycle, filing for the March 5, 2024 primary and appearing on the November 5, 2024 general ballot ⁴. In both cycles Ballotpedia notes that he did not complete the Candidate Connection survey and that no endorsements were recorded for him ¹⁴.

Contact information for the campaign is limited to an email address provided on the Ballotpedia pages: [email protected] ¹⁴. No campaign website, phone number, or social‑media profiles are identified in the sources. The Vote‑USA profile also lists the same residential address but offers no additional biographical details or issue positions ⁹.

As a repeat candidate, Cole is seeking another term on the Board of Education in 2026. Voters can reach him via the listed email address for questions about his priorities, though specific platform statements have not been published in the sources reviewed.

Sources