{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCale Crain is an Independent candidate for Van Buren County Mayor on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot. He currently serves as a member of the Van Buren County Commission [1][2].\n\n## Office history\nCrain is listed as a sitting Van Buren County Commissioner in the University of Tennessee CTAS official directory [1] and in the CTAS roster of current county commissioners [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Cale Crain - UT County Technical Assistance Service](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/cale-crain) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Van Buren County Officials - UT County Technical Assistance Service](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/county/van-buren) - accessed 2026-07-23\n\n## Further candidate material (not accessible for this profile)\n- [Van Buren County Elects New Mayor, Sheriff - News Talk 94.1](https://newstalk941.com/van-buren-county-elects-new-mayor-sheriff/) (could not access; redirects to a page that returns HTTP 403 - reportedly covers a prior county election including commission results)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","county":"Vanburen","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"CALE","fullname":"CALE CRAIN","lastname":"CRAIN","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Vanburen","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Vanburen","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"I","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":"County Mayor","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Independent candidate for Van Buren County Mayor; currently a sitting Van Buren County Commissioner.","terms":[],"token":"3FK1xAfiHc"}