This card is for voters in southwest Guilford — Greensboro south and west, Pleasant Garden edge. Same concern set as the other November cards. Not the at-large race.
In 20 seconds
District 2 is one vote on the board that sets the rate on the county tax bill and writes the sheriff, jail, and EMS checks. This is not the at-large race.
Alan Perdue (R, inc.) faces Scott A. Jones (D) of Pleasant Garden in southwest Guilford. Alan Perdue is not Mike Perdue, the at-large nominee. Same last name, different men, different races.
On the published concern set: Perdue 8 of 8, Jones 0 of 8. A tally is not an endorsement.
Republican · sitting District 2
Democrat · Pleasant Garden
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- What this office does
- District 2 is one vote on the board that sets the rate on the county tax bill and writes the sheriff, jail, and EMS checks. The seat does not set Raleigh’s school formula.
- What this district covers
- Southwest Guilford — Greensboro south and west, Pleasant Garden edge. Alan Perdue is the sitting District 2 member. Scott Jones filed from Pleasant Garden. Do not confuse Alan Perdue with Mike Perdue, the at-large nominee.
- What this card does — and does not do
- It marks the two names on the November line against a published concern set. It is not an endorsement. Jones has little published platform; dashes on his side are not a character mark.
✓ = matches the published concern set, on the public record we used.
✗ = does not, on that record.
— = no recorded vote and no published plank. We do not invent a mark.
The concern set used here: revenue-neutral rate after reappraisal, no new sales-tax referendum, and public-safety dollars tied to filled posts.
Both may earn ✓ on the same row. Marks are not an endorsement. Full rules: how we score.
Matches the Piedmont concern set
Alan Perdue · 8 of 8
Scott A. Jones · 0 of 8
Dashes and “no published plank” rows are not scored. Issue-by-issue marks are in the table below.
| Issue | Alan Perdue (Inc.) | Mark | Scott A. Jones | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sitting vote on last two adopted budgets | Voted no on FY2026 and FY2027. One of two no votes both years. | ✓ | Not on the board. Those votes passed 7–2 along party lines. | — |
| Sitting vote on the current tax rate | Voted against the 5.9 cent increase. Warned in 2025 that failing to cut spending first would produce this bill. | Not on the board. Campaign is a change seat, not a recorded rate vote. | ||
| Revenue-neutral rate after reappraisal | Advocate for prospective budget discipline ahead of the revaluation to avoid a huge tax increase. | No established dissent from the board majority’s approach. | ✗ | |
| Guilford County Schools money | Will not treat every GCS request as an automatic tax increase. | Likely to treat every GCS request as an automatic tax increase. | ||
| Another sales-tax referendum | No. Voters have already rejected a hike. | No published personal sales-tax plank found. | ||
| Sheriff, jail, and EMS checks | Former county Emergency Services director. No vote on the budget was not a vote to defund. | Challenger. No published detention-staffing plank. | ||
| ICE and public-safety posture | Supports honoring detainers. | Party line. No 287(g) campaign. | ||
| Growth and zoning in south Guilford | Incumbent on land-use votes in the district. | Local-control language; no published ordinance text. | ||
| Data centers and the household bill | No published data-center plank. | No published data-center plank. | ||
| Roads and unincorporated District 2 | Incumbent who already takes the road and EMS calls. | No published roads plank. | ||
| Experience on this board | Sitting District 2 member. | First run for this seat. | ||
| Who they are — do not confuse the Perdues | Alan Perdue, District 2 incumbent, Burnetts Chapel Rd. | Scott A. Jones, Pleasant Garden. | ||
| Who they caucus with on this board | Republican vote when the board splits. | Would be a Democratic District 2 vote. |
A dash is not a verdict on character. It means we could not mark the row from the record in front of us.
Sitting vote on last two adopted budgets
Voted no on FY2026 and FY2027. One of two no votes both years.
Not on the board. Those votes passed 7–2 along party lines.
Sitting vote on the current tax rate
Voted against the 5.9 cent increase. Warned in 2025 that failing to cut spending first would produce this bill.
Not on the board. Campaign is a change seat, not a recorded rate vote.
Revenue-neutral rate after reappraisal
Advocate for prospective budget discipline ahead of the revaluation to avoid a huge tax increase.
No established dissent from the board majority’s approach.
Guilford County Schools money
Will not treat every GCS request as an automatic levy increase.
Pleasant Garden / school-service frame typical of the Democratic majority line.
Another sales-tax referendum
No. Voters have already rejected a hike.
No published personal sales-tax plank found.
Sheriff, jail, and EMS checks
Former county Emergency Services director. No vote on the budget was not a vote to defund.
Challenger. No published detention-staffing plank.
ICE and public-safety posture
Supports honoring detainers.
Party line. No 287(g) campaign.
Growth and zoning in south Guilford
Incumbent on land-use votes in the district.
Pleasant Garden resident. Local-control language; no published ordinance text.
Data centers and the household bill
No published data-center plank.
No published data-center plank.
Roads and unincorporated District 2
Incumbent who already takes the road and EMS calls.
No published roads plank.
Experience on this board
Sitting District 2 member.
First run for this seat.
Who they are — do not confuse the Perdues
Alan Perdue, District 2 incumbent, Burnetts Chapel Rd.
Scott A. Jones, Pleasant Garden.
Who they caucus with on this board
Republican vote when the board splits.
Would be a Democratic District 2 vote.
If these are your District 2 priorities
Do not mix this card with the at-large race. Alan Perdue is the sitting District 2 member. Mike Perdue is the at-large candidate. Different seats.
This card is thinner than the at-large card because Jones has little published platform and Alan Perdue’s dissents are not all matters of public record. Marks that survive that test are party-line: revenue-neutral rate, no new sales tax, ICE posture, and who they sit with on a split board.
- Sources (public record)
- NCSBE / Guilford candidate filing list · Ballotpedia Guilford 2026 municipal · Guilford FY2027 rate adoption · Our Piedmont brief. Jones campaign site and a recorded Alan Perdue dissent on 78.95¢ were not located for this draft.
If either campaign has a correction to a vote or a platform statement: hello@ourpiedmont.com.
Our Piedmont Education Foundation · 301 S Elm Street, Suite 605, Greensboro, NC 27401. This page is voter education. It is not an endorsement of, or opposition to, either candidate. Draft for internal review · August 29, 2026.