{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nGeorge Winston Armistead is a Republican candidate for the Beaufort County Schools Board of Education District 8 in the 2026 elections [1]. He filed his candidacy on December 1, 2025, with an address in Washington, NC [1]. He ran in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary alongside candidates Jennifer Cox Cornelius, Donald Shreve, and Phillip Paul [2].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [2026 Beaufort County NC Election Candidates \u2013 Beaufort County Board of Elections](https://beaufortncboe.org/sites/beaufortncboe.org/files/attachments/2026-01/2026%20Beaufort%20County%20NC%20Election%20Candidates%20before%20Primary_0.pdf)\n- [2] [Dozens of Beaufort County candidates file for March primary \u2013 Washington Daily News](https://www.thewashingtondailynews.com/news/dozens-of-beaufort-county-candidates-file-for-march-primary-0a27da07)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_08","county":"beaufort","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Beaufort County Board Of Education District 08"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"George","fullname":"George Winston Armistead","lastname":"Armistead","middlename":"Winston","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_08","contest_title":"Beaufort County Board Of Education District 08","county":"beaufort","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"beaufort","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"beaufort","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_08","contest_title":"Beaufort County Board Of Education District 08","county":"beaufort","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"beaufort","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":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"4b2c5f02a3eab1f3"}