{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKeith Allen Parrish is a Democratic candidate for the Jones County Board of Education in the 2026 general election. His campaign website is parrishforboe.com.\n\nParrish's campaign centers on three priorities: student safety, teacher resources, and staff retention.\n\n## Background and education\nParrish earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science, cum laude, from Grove City College in Pennsylvania in 1987, and a Master of Arts in History and Museum Studies, with honors, from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh in 1990.\n\n## Career\nAfter completing his graduate degree, Parrish spent approximately ten years as the Director of Education at Eckley Miners' Village, a historic site in Weatherly, Pennsylvania. He then transitioned to classroom teaching in North Carolina, where he taught for approximately twenty-five years. His last four years in the classroom were at Jones Senior High School in Trenton, NC, where he taught history and civics. He retired from teaching in 2025 with 35 years of professional experience in education.\n\n## Family\nParrish lives in Trenton, NC, with his wife, Karen.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Meet your Jones County Candidates for the 2026 Election \u2013 WCTI12](https://wcti12.com/news/election/local-election/meet-your-jones-county-candidates-for-the-2026-election)\n- [2] [Keith Parrish for Board of Education \u2013 parrishforboe.com](https://www.parrishforboe.com/)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"jones","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Jones County Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Keith","fullname":"Keith Allen Parrish","lastname":"Parrish","middlename":"Allen","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Jones County Board Of Education","county":"jones","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"jones","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"jones","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Jones County Board Of Education","county":"jones","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"jones","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"DEM","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"DEM","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Keith Parrish is a NASA Webb Observatory Commissioning Manager and a Democratic candidate for the Jones County Board of Education.","terms":[],"token":"aa80d231aa4285eb"}