{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nForrest Clark Poole is a Republican candidate for Rutherford County Board of Commissioners District 1 in the 2026 primary, running alongside four other Republicans including Jim Owens, Brian Thompson, Anthony Morrow, and Allen Hardin.\n\n## Background and education\n\nPoole holds a degree from Duke University.\n\n## Career\n\nPoole has been affiliated with the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce and has served as its director. He has also served as a representative to the NC Senior Tar Heel Legislature.\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Vote Clark Poole for County Commissioner](https://votepoole.com/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","county":"rutherford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Rutherford County Board Of Commissioners District 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Forrest","fullname":"Forrest Clark Poole","lastname":"Poole","middlename":"Clark","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","contest_title":"Rutherford County Board Of Commissioners District 01","county":"rutherford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rutherford","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"rutherford","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","contest_title":"Rutherford County Board Of Commissioners District 01","county":"rutherford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rutherford","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":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"1ea6a1c71a9d37d8"}