{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTina Marie Kearns ran as a Republican candidate for one of three seats on the Davie County Board of Education in the March 3, 2026 primary, one of five Republican candidates. She placed fifth (last) with 1,363 votes; Joe Caudle (3,327), Marie Helms (2,915), and Kim McClure (2,613) advanced as the top three vote-getters. Kearns will not appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Tina Marie Kearns is a registered voter in Davie County, North Carolina, registered since 2025 (1 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Tina Marie Kearns's year of birth as 1980; 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 3 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2022-11-08 general election [3].\n\nThis summary draws only from the public North Carolina voter registration and history records. No additional published biographical information was located. Voters with personal knowledge of Tina Marie Kearns can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] North Carolina State Board of Elections, certified March 3, 2026 primary/election results by precinct (`results_pct_20260303.txt`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-24\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"davie","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Davie County Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Tina","fullname":"Tina Marie Kearns","lastname":"Kearns","middlename":"Marie","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Davie County Board Of Education","county":"davie","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"davie","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"davie","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Davie County Board Of Education","county":"davie","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"davie","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","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: REP voter in Davie County since 2025.","terms":[],"token":"a7c3fcb3c7536278"}