{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nBrenda Elaine Mccombs was elected to the Kannapolis City Schools Board of Education, Area I, in the nonpartisan March 3, 2026 election, receiving 50.64% of the vote. Kristina Cook was elected to the area's other seat with 46.81%; a write-in candidate received the remainder [1].\n\n## Background\nAccording to the North Carolina voter file, Mccombs is a registered voter in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, registered since 1986 (40 years), with party affiliation listed as Unaffiliated [2].\n\nThe voter file shows Mccombs's year of birth as 1953; 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 17 elections voted in since 2016, most recently the 2026-03-03 primary election [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [North Carolina State Board of Elections \u2014 March 3, 2026 primary official precinct-level results](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip)\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/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"kannapolis_city_school_area_i","county":"cabarrus","county_count":2,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Kannapolis City Schools Board Of Education Area I"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Brenda","fullname":"Brenda Elaine Mccombs","lastname":"Mccombs","middlename":"Elaine","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"kannapolis_city_school_area_i","contest_title":"Kannapolis City Schools Board Of Education Area I","county":"cabarrus","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rowan","office_key":"school_board","office_title":"School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"rowan","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"kannapolis_city_school_area_i","contest_title":"Kannapolis City Schools Board Of Education Area I","county":"cabarrus","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"rowan","office_key":"school_board","office_title":"School Board Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"school_board","office_title":"School Board Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"summary":"Per the NC voter file: UNA voter in Cabarrus County since 1986.","terms":[],"token":"cffa8387ff412808"}