{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nBrad Goss is the sitting Roane County Commissioner for District 2, a three-seat district, and is running for re-election as an independent, filing his petition on February 5, 2026 [1][2]. As an independent he did not run in the May 5 party primary; he faces a contested August 6, 2026 general election against fellow independent incumbent Greg Ferguson, GOP primary winner and incumbent Junior Hendrickson, and non-incumbent Republican primary winners Chris Ahler and Mike Kittrell for the district's three seats [2][3].\n\n## Office history\nGoss has represented District 2 on the Roane County Commission for the term running September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026 [1], and serves on several commission committees, including the Agriculture Extension, Building Inspector/Code Review, County Owned Back Tax Property, Ethics, Finance, Long Range Planning, Personnel, Property, and Sheriff's Liaison committees [4].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [For Public Distribution - Roane County Commissioners, Sept. 1, 2022-Aug. 31, 2026](https://roanecountytn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/For-Public-Distribution-County-Commissioners-2022-2026-updated-December-2024-2.pdf) - accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] [LIST OF ROANE COUNTY 2026 ELECTION CANDIDATES - 3B Media News](https://3bmedianews.com/list-of-roane-county-2026-election-candidates-1/) - accessed 2026-07-06\n[3] [2026 May Roane County Primary - Summary Results Report](https://roanecountytn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/end-of-night.pdf) - accessed 2026-07-06\n[4] [Roane County Commission Committees, Oct. 2024-Oct. 2025](https://roanecountytn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-2025-Committee-Roster.pdf) - accessed 2026-07-06","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_2","county":"Roane","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commissioner District 2"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Brad","fullname":"Brad Goss","lastname":"Goss","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_2","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 2","county":"Roane","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_2","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_2","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 2","county":"Roane","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_2","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"I","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_2","office_title":"County Commissioner District 2","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Incumbent independent Roane County Commissioner, District 2, since 2022; defending his seat in a contested five-candidate August 6 general election.","terms":[],"token":"0E7qeE9xWD"}