{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nEdward Goodwin Rankin Jr., known publicly as Mick Rankin, is the Republican candidate for Wilson County Board of Commissioners, District 4, in the 2026 general election [1][2]. District 4 encompasses the communities of Saratoga, Stantonsburg, and Black Creek [1]. He filed after concluding that incumbent commissioner Roger Lucas would not seek reelection: \u201cI had discussion with the current commissioner (Roger Lucas) and I feel pretty confident that he\u2019s decided not to run, and so I thought I would go ahead and fill that void,\u201d Rankin said. \u201cWe definitely need a good voice for the folks of that district. I live in the district, so I feel like I can do a good job for them\u201d [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [UPDATED: Candidates file for 2026 races \u2013 Wilson Times](https://www.wilsontimes.com/news/eight-file-for-2026-races-on-opening-day-e2c2863a)\n\n[2] [NC State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 Candidate Listing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) (Wilson County Board of Commissioners District 04 row)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_04","county":"wilson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Wilson County Board Of Commissioners District 04"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Edward","fullname":"Edward Goodwin Rankin JR","lastname":"Rankin","middlename":"Goodwin","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_04","contest_title":"Wilson County Board Of Commissioners District 04","county":"wilson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"wilson","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"wilson","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_04","contest_title":"Wilson County Board Of Commissioners District 04","county":"wilson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"wilson","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"JR","summary":"The provided text is a navigation menu for the NC Voter Guide and does not contain specific metadata for Edward Goodwin Rankin JR.","terms":[],"token":"8cfc2a16737e0ea4"}