{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJason Craft is the Hickman County Sheriff, on the ballot in the Aug. 6, 2026 general election; local reporting in February 2026 indicated he could run unopposed [1].\n\n## Career\nCraft was named the Hickman County Times' 2025 Person of the Year [2]. Under his tenure the sheriff's office has added a K-9 unit [3], hired its first animal control officer [4], and pursued community-policing initiatives described as aimed at strengthening public trust [5].\n\n## Sources\n[1] Main Street Media of Tennessee, \"Sheriff may run unopposed,\" Feb. 12, 2026\n[2] Main Street Media of Tennessee, \"Sheriff Jason Craft named Hickman County Times' 2025 Person of the Year,\" Jan. 1, 2026\n[3] Main Street Media of Tennessee, \"Hickman County Sheriff's Dept. K9 family grows,\" June 25, 2026\n[4] Main Street Media of Tennessee, \"Sheriff's Office hires first animal control officer for Hickman County,\" May 7, 2026\n[5] Main Street Media of Tennessee, \"Hickman County Sheriff's Dept. hopes community policing strengthens public trust and engagement,\" June 4, 2026","campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","county":"Hickman","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Jason","fullname":"Jason Craft","lastname":"Craft","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"Hickman","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"Hickman","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"0MAwhh4awr"}