{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAnthony Chad Owen, known as Chad Owen, is a Republican candidate for the Transylvania County Board of Education in the 2026 election. He filed his candidacy on December 11, 2025, and lists an address in Brevard, NC [1]. The Transylvania Times identified him as one of the GOP candidates in its 2026 school board election coverage [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Transylvania County Board of Elections \u2014 Candidate List Grouped by Contest, 03/03/2026 election](https://www.transylvaniaelections.org/pdfs/candidatelisting.pdf)\n[2] [GOP candidates tackle school issues \u2013 Transylvania Times](https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/news/gop-candidates-tackle-school-issues/article_2188184e-8957-4572-9476-4b252c1d8a81.html) (subscriber-preview only \u2014 confirms Owen as a GOP school board candidate but the full article text, and any biographical detail in it, is paywalled)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"transylvania","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Transylvania County Board Of Education"},{"contest":"county_school_board","county":"transylvania","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Transylvania County Board Of Education"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Anthony","fullname":"Anthony Chad Owen","lastname":"Owen","middlename":"Chad","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Transylvania County Board Of Education","county":"transylvania","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"transylvania","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Transylvania County Board Of Education","county":"transylvania","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"transylvania","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"transylvania","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board","contest_title":"Transylvania County Board Of Education","county":"transylvania","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"transylvania","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":"Anthony Chad Owen is not listed in the provided sources; only Angela Todd, Bill Halley, and Bill Lanier are identified as Board of Education candidates for Onslow County.","terms":[],"token":"c4882d5042ac8946"}