{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDeborah Annette Baker is a candidate for Town Council in Harrellsville, a town in Hertford County, North Carolina [1]. She ran in the March 3, 2026 election for Harrellsville Town Council Member, which was a court-ordered do-over of the 2025 municipal election after poll workers failed to properly verify voter eligibility [2]. Under the rules of the 2026 race, the top five vote-getters among all candidates would be seated on the council [1]. Baker received 12 votes in the March 3 contest [1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Primary Election 2026 unofficial election results \u2013 Albemarle Observer](https://albemarleobserver.news/2026/03/04/primary-election-2026-unofficial-election-results/)\n- [2] [Do-over: Two NC towns must redo '25 elections in March '26 \u2013 Carolina Public Press](https://carolinapublicpress.org/73939/do-over-two-nc-towns-must-redo-25-elections-in-march-26/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"harrellsville_town_council","county":"hertford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Town Of Harrellsville Council Member"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Deborah","fullname":"Deborah Annette Baker","lastname":"Baker","middlename":"Annette","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"harrellsville_town_council","contest_title":"Town Of Harrellsville Council Member","county":"hertford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"hertford","office_key":"town_council","office_title":"Town Council Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"hertford","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"harrellsville_town_council","contest_title":"Town Of Harrellsville Council Member","county":"hertford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-03-03","office_county":"hertford","office_key":"town_council","office_title":"Town Council Member","party":"","pgr":"general","state":"NC"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"town_council","office_title":"Town Council Member","state":"NC","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"fca9b1dc5803f53b"}