{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nWalter Dunne Anderson is the incumbent District 5 member of the Lenoir County Board of Education and is running for re-election as the Democratic candidate in the November 3, 2026 general election [2].\n\n## Office history\n\nAnderson was first elected to the board in the November 4, 2014 general election, running unopposed and receiving all 2,752 votes cast for the District 5 seat [1].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [Walter Anderson - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Walter_Anderson) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing listing (`Candidate_Listing_2026.csv`) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-19","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_05","county":"lenoir","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Lenoir County Board Of Education District 05"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Walter","fullname":"Walter Dunne Anderson","lastname":"Anderson","middlename":"Dunne","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_05","contest_title":"Lenoir County Board Of Education District 05","county":"lenoir","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"lenoir","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"lenoir","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_05","contest_title":"Lenoir County Board Of Education District 05","county":"lenoir","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"lenoir","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Walter Anderson is the incumbent District\u202f5 Lenoir County Board of Education member running as a Democrat in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"4bf64ddfb3ba17d0"}