{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJohn Uitendaal is a sitting Dyer County Commissioner running for re-election as an Independent for County Commission District B, Position 2, in the August 6, 2026 county general election [1][2].\n\n## Office history\nUitendaal currently serves on the Dyer County Commission and sits on multiple commission committees, with committee terms running through 2026 [1].\n\n## Career\nAccording to his LinkedIn profile, Uitendaal is president of an independent insurance agency, Southern Dutchman Corp., in Newbern, and attended the University of Tennessee at Martin [3].\n\n## Further candidate material (not accessible for this profile)\n- [John Uitendaal - Commissioner, Dyer Co., Tennessee (LinkedIn)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-uitendaal-13563a43/) (requires login)\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Dyer County Commission Committees](https://www.dyercounty.com/commission-committies) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Next Election Info | Dyer County, TN](https://www.dyercounty.com/next-election) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [John Uitendaal - Commissioner (LinkedIn)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-uitendaal-13563a43/) - accessed 2026-07-23","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_b_seat_b","county":"Dyer","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commission District B Position 2"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"JOHN","fullname":"JOHN UITENDAAL","lastname":"UITENDAAL","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_b_seat_b","contest_title":"County Commission District B Position 2","county":"Dyer","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_b_seat_b","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_b_seat_b","contest_title":"County Commission District B Position 2","county":"Dyer","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_b_seat_b","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"I","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_b_seat_b","office_title":"County Commission District B Position 2","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Sitting Dyer County Commissioner running for re-election as an Independent in District B, Position 2; per his LinkedIn, a Newbern insurance-agency president.","terms":[],"token":"3ymzN33AbW"}