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4 candidates are tracked for Richmond County Board of Education District 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Carol J. Yancy, Bartley Payne, Janice Ramirez and Kenyatta Brown. Candidate information follows official Richmond County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Four candidates qualified for the regular November 3, 2026 District 3 seat: educator Carol J. Yancy, intelligence analyst Bartley Payne, nursing professor Kenyatta Brown, and Janice Ramirez. The county's official qualified-candidates list also shows the SAME four candidates running in a separate 'Special Election-District 3' contest on the same ballot (see the companion contest below), indicating a mid-term vacancy is being filled alongside the regular election; no press coverage explaining the vacancy was found.
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Yancy is an educator running for the District 3 seat, per The Augusta Press. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Carol J. Yancy.
Nonpartisan
Payne is an intelligence analyst running for the District 3 seat, per The Augusta Press. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Bartley Payne.
Nonpartisan
Ramirez has spoken publicly about school closures in Richmond County, per The Augusta Press. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Janice Ramirez.
Nonpartisan
Brown is a nursing professor at Augusta University running for the District 3 seat, per The Augusta Press. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Kenyatta Brown.