{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nLenard R Brothers was a candidate for Gates County Board of Education District 05 in the nonpartisan election held March 3, 2026. He placed second to Charles 'Nick' Lolies, 861 votes to 1,379, and lost [1]. Gates County school board seats with two or three candidates are decided outright at the March election; there is no separate November contest for this seat, and Brothers will not appear on a later ballot for it.\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Lenard R Brothers is a registered voter in Gates County, North Carolina, registered since 2004 (22 years), with party affiliation listed as Democratic [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Lenard R Brothers's year of birth as 1950; NC publishes only the year of birth in its bulk voter export, so day and month are not part of the public record [2].\n\nThe voter history file shows 9 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 election [3].\n\nNo additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Lenard R Brothers can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 primary certified precinct results, Gates County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/GATES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 Gates County Board of Education District 05, accessed 2026-07-21; also confirmed via the [NC State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Listing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_05","county":"gates","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Gates County Board Of Education District 05"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Lenard","fullname":"Lenard R Brothers","lastname":"Brothers","middlename":"R","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_05","contest_title":"Gates County Board Of Education District 05","county":"gates","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"gates","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"gates","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_05","contest_title":"Gates County Board Of Education District 05","county":"gates","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"gates","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":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Gates County since 2004.","terms":[],"token":"7a5d451e238f0ec3"}