{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAshleigh Heath Armstrong is a nonpartisan candidate for Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot, per the candidate list local advocacy group Livable Raleigh published after the December 19, 2025 filing deadline [16]. Per Ballotpedia, the race has two candidates advancing directly to the general election \u2014 Armstrong and incumbent Mayor Janet Cowell \u2014 after the primary was cancelled when only two candidates filed; Raleigh's mayoral term is four years with no term limits [1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Mayoral election in Raleigh, North Carolina (2026) \u2013 Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Mayoral_election_in_Raleigh,_North_Carolina_(2026))\n- [16] [Who's Running? MAYOR: Ashleigh Heath Armstrong, Janet Cowell \u2013 Livable Raleigh (Facebook)](https://www.facebook.com/livableraleigh/posts/candidate-filing-has-ended-whos-runningmayorashleigh-heath-armstrong-janet-cowel/862862726389536/)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"raleigh_city_mayor","county":"durham","county_count":2,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"City Of Raleigh Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Ashleigh","fullname":"Ashleigh Heath Armstrong","lastname":"Armstrong","middlename":"Heath","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"raleigh_city_mayor","contest_title":"City Of Raleigh Mayor","county":"durham","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"wake","office_key":"city_mayor","office_title":"Mayor","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"wake","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"raleigh_city_mayor","contest_title":"City Of Raleigh Mayor","county":"durham","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"wake","office_key":"city_mayor","office_title":"Mayor","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"city_mayor","office_title":"Mayor","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Ashleigh Heath Armstrong is a data coordinator and 2026 mayoral candidate for Raleigh, NC, running in a nonpartisan four\u2011year term race.","terms":[],"token":"6066886399ae0c75"}