{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMac Pickle is running as a Democrat in the August 6, 2026 primary for Tennessee House of Representatives District 8, serving Blount County. He also ran in the 2024 Democratic primary for this seat, losing to Sue DuBois (276 votes to DuBois' 1,022 votes). He is based in Louisville, Tennessee (Blount County).\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Tennessee voters decide federal, state races for November \u2013 Tennessee Town & City](https://ttc.tml1.org/2024/08/01/tennessee-voters-decide-federal-state-races-november)\n- [2] [Candidates for Tennessee House of Representatives, November 5, 2024 \u2013 Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com/s3fs-public/document/20241105_TNHouse.pdf)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_008","county":"Blount","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"TN House District 8"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"","fullname":" Mac Pickle","lastname":"Mac Pickle","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_house_008","contest_title":"TN House District 8","county":"Blount","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_008","office_title":"State Representative District 8","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"D","primary":{"contest":"state_house_008","contest_title":"TN House District 8","county":"Blount","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_008","office_title":"State Representative District 8","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"state_house_008","office_title":"State Representative District 8","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"5tUmzC4yNA"}