{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTim Shelton is the Republican Anderson County Register of Deeds, running unopposed for reelection in the August 6, 2026 county general election after no other candidate qualified [1][2].\n\n## Career\nShelton has served as Register of Deeds since September 2002 [1]. He was named Tennessee's Register of the Year in 2004 and 2009, elected president of the Tennessee Register of Deeds Association in 2005, elected president of the County Officials Association of Tennessee in 2013, and named Tennessee's County Official of the Year in 2017 [1].\n\n## Office history\nThe office he leads was the first in the country to provide public online access to its indexes and images, beginning March 24, 1997, and it has offered e-recording for banks and attorneys since 2007 [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Register of Deeds \u2013 Anderson County, Tennessee](https://andersoncountytn.gov/register-of-deeds/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] [Update: More candidates file for Anderson County races \u2014 The Courier News](https://www.mycouriernews.com/articles/2026/01/10600/update-more-candidates-file-for-anderson-county-races) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06","campaigns":[{"contest":"register","county":"Anderson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Register Of Deeds"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Tim","fullname":"Tim Shelton","lastname":"Shelton","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"register","contest_title":"Register Of Deeds","county":"Anderson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"register","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"register","contest_title":"Register Of Deeds","county":"Anderson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"register","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"register","office_title":"Register Of Deeds","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Anderson County Register of Deeds since 2002, running unopposed for reelection in 2026; named Tennessee Register of the Year twice and County Official of the Year in 2017.","terms":[],"token":"6D7G9E3aKZ"}