{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nClinton Mccray Williams (Democrat) ran in the 2026 Democratic primary for Northampton County Board of Commissioners District 5, based in Garysburg, NC. He lost to incumbent Commissioner Kelvin Edwards in the March 3, 2026 primary, receiving 1,165 votes to Edwards's 1,777 votes (third-place finisher Wallace Ransom received 408) [1].\n\n## Career\nWilliams describes himself on his Facebook page as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor at CW Counseling Services, Inc. [2] (Facebook page; reflects the candidate's self-described public information as of July 2026 \u2014 Facebook restricts full access to non-logged-in requests, so this claim has not been independently corroborated by a business registry or licensing lookup).\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Incumbents reign supreme in Northampton Primary results \u2013 Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald](https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/news/incumbents-reign-supreme-in-northampton-primary-results-396a467a)\n- [2] [Clinton Williams \u2013 Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/clinton.williams.45429)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_05","county":"northampton","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Northampton County Board Of Commissioners District 05"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Clinton","fullname":"Clinton Mccray Williams","lastname":"Williams","middlename":"Mccray","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_05","contest_title":"Northampton County Board Of Commissioners District 05","county":"northampton","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"northampton","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"northampton","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_05","contest_title":"Northampton County Board Of Commissioners District 05","county":"northampton","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"northampton","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"4c864982fc4edfef"}