{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDana Branch is the incumbent Crockett County Clerk (County Court Clerk) and is running for re-election as an independent in the August 6, 2026 county general election [1][2]. She faces Republican challenger Yelitza \"Yeli\" Turner [2].\n\n## Career\nAccording to her campaign, Branch was elected county clerk in 2022 and had previously worked within the County Clerk's office before becoming clerk [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [County Officials - Crockett County Election Commission](https://www.crockettvote.com/county-officials) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Next Election Info - Crockett County Election Commission](https://www.crockettvote.com/next-election) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Elect Dana Branch Crockett County Clerk - campaign Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/danabranchforcrockett/) - accessed 2026-07-23","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_clerk","county":"Crockett","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Clerk"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Dana","fullname":"Dana Branch","lastname":"Branch","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_clerk","contest_title":"County Clerk","county":"Crockett","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_clerk","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_clerk","contest_title":"County Clerk","county":"Crockett","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_clerk","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"I","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_clerk","office_title":"County Clerk","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Incumbent Crockett County Clerk, elected in 2022, running for re-election as an independent in 2026 against Republican Yeli Turner.","terms":[],"token":"07QGolIbsQ"}