{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nPhilip Nolan Butler is a Republican candidate for one of three at-large seats on the Rockingham County Board of Education in the 2026 election. He appeared on the county's official Republican primary ballot (March 3, 2026) for the at-large seats alongside Kimberley Thompson-Hairston, Synthya Penaloza, and Kimberly McMichael [1].\n\n## Office history\nButler previously sought the same at-large seat in 2022. He was one of four Republican candidates in the May 17, 2022 primary, along with Jim Fink, Kimberly Walker McMichael, and Paula Harvell Rakestraw, and appeared on the November 8, 2022 general-election ballot as one of three Republican nominees for the three at-large positions, alongside McMichael and Rakestraw [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Sample Ballot \u2013 Republican Party Primary, Rockingham County, North Carolina, March 3, 2026](https://files.municipalone.com/rockinghamcounty-nc/SampleBallot-R-Stoneville1390100834123025AM.pdf)\n[2] [Philip Butler (Rockingham County Board of Education At-Large, North Carolina, candidate 2022) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Philip_Butler_(Rockingham_County_Board_of_Education_At-Large,_North_Carolina,_candidate_2022))","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_at_large","county":"rockingham","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Rockingham County Board Of Education At-Large"},{"contest":"county_school_board_at_large","county":"rockingham","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Rockingham County Board Of Education At-Large"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Philip","fullname":"Philip Nolan Butler","lastname":"Butler","middlename":"Nolan","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_at_large","contest_title":"Rockingham County Board Of Education At-Large","county":"rockingham","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"rockingham","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_school_board_at_large","contest_title":"Rockingham County Board Of Education At-Large","county":"rockingham","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rockingham","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"rockingham","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_at_large","contest_title":"Rockingham County Board Of Education At-Large","county":"rockingham","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rockingham","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":"Philip Nolan Butler is a Republican candidate for an at\u2011large seat on the Rockingham County Board of Education in 2026, previously running for the same seat in 2022.","terms":[],"token":"52d0bfa106821c4c"}