{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDon Howard Sigmon is a Republican candidate for one of four at-large seats on the Catawba County Schools Board of Education, filing to run on December 19, 2025 [1]. In the March 3, 2026 Republican primary, Sigmon placed third among ten candidates with 5,717 votes, one of the four Republicans who advanced to the November 3, 2026 general election alongside Timothy Settlemyre (6,435 votes), Gregory Whitener (6,063 votes), and Brian Fox (5,404 votes) [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [NC State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 Candidate Filing List (CSV)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections, unofficial precinct-level results for the March 3, 2026 primary, Catawba County Schools Board of Education contest \u2014 [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"catawba","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Catawba County Schools Board Of Education"},{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"catawba","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Catawba County Schools Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Don","fullname":"Don Howard Sigmon","lastname":"Sigmon","middlename":"Howard","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Catawba County Schools Board Of Education","county":"catawba","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"catawba","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Catawba County Schools Board Of Education","county":"catawba","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"catawba","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"catawba","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Catawba County Schools Board Of Education","county":"catawba","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"catawba","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":"Don Howard Sigmon, a current at\u2011large member of the Catawba County Board of Education, is running again in 2026; he previously won election in 2022 and is identified as a Republican despite the race being officially nonpartisan.","terms":[],"token":"26873d35aec1db06"}