{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDwayne Lee Goodwin is the incumbent, unaffiliated Clerk of Superior Court for Chowan County, North Carolina. He defeated Democrat Michael John McArthur in the November 8, 2022 general election, 2,964 votes to 2,440, according to precinct-level results published by the North Carolina State Board of Elections [1]. He filed to run for re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election [2].\n\n## Career\nBefore serving as Clerk of Superior Court, Goodwin was sheriff of Chowan County for much of a 30-year law enforcement career. The College of The Albemarle Foundation established the Dwayne Goodwin Endowed Scholarship in his name in 2020, describing him as the county's \"recently retired sheriff\" [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2022 general election precinct-level results (`results_pct_20221108.txt`) \u2014 https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2022_11_08/results_pct_20221108.zip \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n\n[2] North Carolina State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List (`Candidate_Listing_2026.csv`) \u2014 https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n\n[3] [Goodwin scholarship to help students in law enforcement training \u2013 Daily Advance](https://www.dailyadvance.com/features/local/goodwin-scholarship-to-help-students-in-law-enforcement-training/article_e4f26e63-e01f-5adc-b06e-604e8609e653.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20 (published Sep 20, 2020)","campaigns":[{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","county":"chowan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Chowan County Clerk Of Superior Court"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Dwayne","fullname":"Dwayne Lee Goodwin","lastname":"Goodwin","middlename":"Lee","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","contest_title":"Chowan County Clerk Of Superior Court","county":"chowan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"chowan","office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","party":"UNA","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"chowan","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"clerk_of_superior_court","contest_title":"Chowan County Clerk Of Superior Court","county":"chowan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"chowan","office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","party":"UNA","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"UNA","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"clerk_of_superior_court","office_title":"Clerk of Superior Court","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"The provided sources contain information about multiple individuals named Wayne or Dwayne Goodwin, but do not identify a Clerk of Superior Court by that name.","terms":[],"token":"6c4c08dfa5345803"}