{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\n**Danny Ray Hale won the Gates County Board of Education District 03 seat outright in the nonpartisan election held March 3, 2026**, a two-candidate field. He placed first with 1,202 votes, ahead of Lola Rountree (1,103). Gates County school board seats with two or three candidates are decided outright at the March election; there is no separate November contest for this seat, and Hale's term begins without any further ballot appearance [1].\n\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Danny Ray Hale is a registered voter in Gates County, North Carolina, registered since 2001 (25 years), with party affiliation listed as Republican [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Danny Ray Hale's year of birth as 1965; 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 7 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 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 Danny Ray Hale can reach ballotproject.org with corrections or additions.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 2026 primary certified precinct results, Gates County](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_precinct_sort/GATES_PRECINCT_SORT.txt) \u2014 Gates County Board of Education District 03; also confirmed via the [NC State Board of Elections 2026 Candidate Listing](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)\n\n[2] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 Voter Search](https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/)\n\n[3] North Carolina State Board of Elections voter history file (`ncvhis_Statewide`), published at [dl.ncsbe.gov](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_03","county":"gates","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Gates County Board Of Education District 03"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Danny","fullname":"Danny Ray Hale","lastname":"Hale","middlename":"Ray","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_03","contest_title":"Gates County Board Of Education District 03","county":"gates","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"gates","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"gates","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_03","contest_title":"Gates County Board Of Education District 03","county":"gates","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"gates","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":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: REP voter in Gates County since 2001.","terms":[],"token":"c5d48ca6b0f1b692"}