Fred Michael Burgess JR

Fred Burgess is a currently elected member of the Randolph County Board of Education, serving at‑large, and is a candidate for the Asheboro City Schools Board of Education in the November 3, 2026 general election in Randolph County, North Carolina. In the 2022 election he ran for an at‑large seat on the Randolph County School System board and appeared on the November 8, 2022 ballot as a nonpartisan candidate, though he did not complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey ¹. The Vote‑USA profile confirms that he holds the at‑large seat on the Randolph County Board of Education as of the most recent filing ¹⁰.

Publicly available biographical details beyond his elected office are limited. No specific information on his education, professional career, or prior public service appears in the cited sources. The candidate’s official email address listed on the Ballotpedia page is [email protected], indicating a direct line to the Randolph County Schools system ¹.

During his prior campaign for the county board, Burgess was listed among five candidates for the at‑large seats, alongside David Carter, Phillip Lanier, Kurt Melvin, and Shannon Craven Whitaker, but the Ballotpedia entry does not record vote totals or outcomes ¹. No issue positions or platform statements are provided in the sources, and he has not supplied a personal campaign website. The Vote‑USA page notes that he is “currently elected” but offers no further policy details.

Overall, Fred Burgess’s public record shows experience serving on a county‑wide education board and a continued interest in local education governance through his 2026 candidacy for the Asheboro City Schools Board of Education.

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