{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nZachary Marlow is the incumbent Campbell County Commissioner for District 1, running for re-election as an Independent in the August 6, 2026 county general election against Republicans Joshua A. Etters and David Greene, alongside fellow independent incumbent M. David Adkins [1].\n\n## Career\nIn 2023, while serving as commissioner, Marlow was hired for a data-processing position in the Campbell County Finance Office. A WBIR 10Investigates review of the hiring found his resume listed a bachelor's degree in political science and progress toward a master's degree in public policy; roughly 50 people applied for the same position, several with decades of administrative, bookkeeping, and accounting experience [2].\n\n## Documented disputes and controversies\nWBIR's 10Investigates reported that Marlow and fellow commissioner David Adkins were the only two of 56 total applicants for two separate county government jobs (finance-office data processing and sanitation director) who were sitting county commissioners \u2014 and both were hired [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Lynch, Jeffries running for Campbell County mayor in August - Mountain Press](https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/news/lynch-jeffries-running-for-campbell-county-mayor-in-august/article_d5581405-b02e-505b-b2b7-cced0b03b010.html)\n[2] [10Investigates: Campbell County Government hires two county commissioners for county jobs - WBIR](https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/campbell-county-hires-two-county-commissioners-for-jobs/51-ebab3746-7583-4fa2-9d4b-54d1ca8265d1) (Feb 26, 2024)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_1","county":"Campbell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commission District 1"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Zachary","fullname":"Zachary Marlow","lastname":"Marlow","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_1","contest_title":"County Commission District 1","county":"Campbell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_1","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_1","contest_title":"County Commission District 1","county":"Campbell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_1","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"I","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_1","office_title":"County Commission District 1","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Independent incumbent, District 1 Campbell County Commission; hired in 2023 for a county finance-office job while serving as commissioner, per a WBIR investigation; running for re-election Aug. 6, 2026.","terms":[],"token":"4EjaCnVH9P"}