{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDavid Shephard Quinn Jr. is a Republican member of the Carteret County Board of Commissioners representing District 1, which includes Stella, Peletier, Bogue, Cedar Point, and a portion of Cape Carteret. He took office on December 5, 2022, and filed for re-election on December 1, 2025, the same filing day as fellow commissioners including Chairman Chris Chadwick [2].\n\nQuinn lost the March 3, 2026 Republican primary to Steven Overby, 990 votes to 920 [3]. His current term runs through 2026; Overby, not Quinn, will appear on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot for the District 1 seat [3].\n\n## Sources\n\n- [1] [Board of Commissioners - Carteret County](https://carteretcountync.gov/193/Board-of-Commissioners)\n- [2] [Carteret County commissioners, including chairman, seek re-election on filing day - WCTI12](https://wcti12.com/news/local/carteret-county-commissioners-including-chairman-seek-re-election-on-filing-day)\n- [3] [North Carolina State Board of Elections -- certified March 3, 2026 primary precinct-level results (results_pct_20260303)](https://dl.ncsbe.gov/index.html?prefix=ENRS/2026_03_03/)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","county":"carteret","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Carteret County Board Of Commissioners District 01"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"David","fullname":"David Shephard Quinn JR","lastname":"Quinn","middlename":"Shephard","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","contest_title":"Carteret County Board Of Commissioners District 01","county":"carteret","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"carteret","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"carteret","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_01","contest_title":"Carteret County Board Of Commissioners District 01","county":"carteret","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"carteret","office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"REP","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission","office_title":"County Commissioner","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"suffix":"JR","terms":[],"token":"f0c86895cb4ddc20"}