{"biography":"Stephen Joseph Smith is a Republican candidate for the Union County Board of Education District 4 seat, on the ballot in the November 3, 2026 general election, per the NC State Board of Elections' 2026 candidate filing list [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] NC State Board of Elections, 2026 Candidate Filing List, accessed 2026-07-21 (https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_04","county":"union","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"NC","title":"Union County Board Of Education District 04"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Stephen","fullname":"Stephen Joseph Smith","lastname":"Smith","middlename":"Joseph","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_04","contest_title":"Union County Board Of Education District 04","county":"union","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"union","office_key":"county_school_board","office_title":"County School Board Member","party":"REP","pgr":"general","state":"NC"}],"county":"union","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_04","contest_title":"Union County Board Of Education District 04","county":"union","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-11-03","office_county":"union","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":"Per the NC voter file: DEM voter in Craven County since 1992.","terms":[],"token":"fd5b81269527f4e8"}