{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRichie Anthony Harding ran in the March 3, 2026 nonpartisan primary for Northampton County Board of Education, one of six candidates competing for three seats. He received 1,262 votes, finishing outside the top three; incumbents Rhonda Taylor (2,117 votes), Marjorie Edwards (1,996 votes), and Catherine B. Moody (1,655 votes) won the three seats [1].\n\n## Office history\nHarding previously ran in the 2022 Democratic primary for Northampton County Board of Commissioners District 5, one of two challengers \u2014 along with Republican Caroline M. Long \u2014 to incumbent Kelvin Edwards [2].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Incumbents reign supreme in Northampton Primary results \u2013 Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald](https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/news/incumbents-reign-supreme-in-northampton-primary-results-396a467a)\n- [2] [The race is on! \u2013 Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald](https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2022/03/04/the-race-is-on-2/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"northampton","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Northampton County Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Richie","fullname":"Richie Anthony Harding","lastname":"Harding","middlename":"Anthony","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Northampton County Board Of Education","county":"northampton","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"northampton","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"northampton","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Northampton County Board Of Education","county":"northampton","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"northampton","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":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"84eb92b6b594dd7c"}