{"biography":"Shannon Dawn Whitaker -- who files and appears on the ballot as \"Shannon Craven Whitaker\" -- is a candidate for the Randolph County Schools Board of Education in Randolph County, North Carolina, on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot. The race is nonpartisan; six candidates filed for three at-large seats carrying four-year terms, and Whitaker filed her candidacy on December 3, 2025, giving a Franklinville, NC address [1]. (An earlier version of this bio misidentified the contest as the separate Asheboro City Schools Board of Education and described her as a Republican candidate; neither is supported by the official candidate filing, which lists no party for this nonpartisan race [1].)\n\n## Office history\n\nWhitaker currently serves as a member of the Randolph County Schools Board of Education, listed with a district email address on the school system's official Board Members page [2]. She previously filed for the same board in the November 8, 2022 general election, under the same name and Franklinville address as her current filing [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- 2026 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) -- Randolph County, Randolph County Schools Board of Education, filed 12/03/2025, accessed 2026-07-19\n[2] [Board Members -- Randolph County School System](https://www.randolph.k12.nc.us/o/rcss/page/board-members) -- accessed 2026-07-19\n[3] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- 2022 Candidate Filing List](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2022/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2022.csv) -- Randolph County, Randolph County Schools Board of Education, filed 12/08/2021","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"randolph","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Asheboro City Schools Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Shannon","fullname":"Shannon Dawn Whitaker","lastname":"Whitaker","middlename":"Dawn","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Asheboro City Schools Board Of Education","county":"randolph","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"randolph","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"randolph","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Asheboro City Schools Board Of Education","county":"randolph","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"randolph","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Shannon Dawn Whitaker, a Republican and current Randolph County Board of Education at\u2011large member, is running for the Asheboro City Schools Board of Education in the 2026 general election.","terms":[],"token":"65c9fd79b7bc16c5"}