{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCharles B. Watkins is a candidate for District 2 of the Fayette County (Tennessee) Board of Education on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot. He has been publicly active on Fayette County school issues: at an August 2025 school board meeting he called on the board to host an information session on the district's federal desegregation consent order and its potential end [1].\n\n## Family\nCharles Watkins Sr. is the husband of Civil Miller-Watkins, a former Fayette County Public Schools board member and vice-chair who was the 2024 Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Tennessee; the couple have eight children and 10 grandchildren [2][3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Fayette Co. organizers call for spending boycott, demand transparency from county, school board - Tennessee Lookout](https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/08/21/fayette-co-organizers-call-for-spending-boycott-demand-transparency-from-county-school-board/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Civil Miller-Watkins' Biography - Vote Smart](https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/170414/civil-miller-watkins) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Tennessee Democrat Miller-Watkins runs for U.S. Senate - Nashville Banner](https://nashvillebanner.com/2024/07/20/senate-candidate-democrat-civil-miller-watkins/) - accessed 2026-07-23","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_2","county":"Fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"School Board District 2"},{"contest":"tn_exec_committeeman_26","county":"Chester","county_count":8,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"TN State Executive Committeeman District 26"},{"contest":"school_board_district_2","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"School Board District 2"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Charles","fullname":"Charles B. Watkins","lastname":"Watkins","middlename":"B.","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_2","contest_title":"School Board District 2","county":"Fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_school_board_district_2","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_2","contest_title":"School Board District 2","county":"Fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_school_board_district_2","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"D","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board_district_2","office_title":"School Board District 2","state":"TN","terms":[]},{"campaigns":[{"contest":"tn_exec_committeeman_26","contest_title":"TN State Executive Committeeman District 26","county":"Chester","county_count":8,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"tn_exec_committeeman_26","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"D","primary":{"contest":"tn_exec_committeeman_26","contest_title":"TN State Executive Committeeman District 26","county":"Chester","county_count":8,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"tn_exec_committeeman_26","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"tn_exec_committeeman_26","office_title":"TN State Executive Committeeman District 26","state":"TN","terms":[]},{"campaigns":[{"contest":"school_board_district_2","contest_title":"School Board District 2","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"school_board_district_2","office_title":"School Board District 2","party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":"fayette","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"school_board_district_2","contest_title":"School Board District 2","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"school_board_district_2","office_title":"School Board District 2","party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"D","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"school_board_district_2","office_title":"School Board District 2","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Fayette County school-issues advocate and candidate for county school board District 2; husband of former FCPS board vice-chair Civil Miller-Watkins.","terms":[],"token":"2gU0f19HZc"}