{"age":40,"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- Candidate for Shelby County Commissioner, District 9 in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026. ([Greater Memphis Chamber](https://memphischamber.com/blog/general/meet-the-candidates-county-commission-district-9/))\n\n- One of seven candidates in the Democratic primary field for District 9, alongside Sam D. Echols, IV, Karen Streeter, Jonathan Smith, Ricky Dixon, and others. ([Greater Memphis Chamber](https://memphischamber.com/blog/general/meet-the-candidates-county-commission-district-9/))\n- Listed as a candidate in the Democratic primary for District 9 by the Tri-State Defender. ([Tri-State Defender](https://tri-statedefender.com/ten-applicants-seek-appointment-to-replace-edmund-ford-jr-on-shelby-county-commission/02/26/))\n\n## Background and education\n- No educational background is mentioned in the provided sources.\n\n## Office history\n- No prior elected office is mentioned in the provided sources.\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=MASSEY&id=103888&f=199792&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-25.*\n\n## Family\n- No family information is mentioned in the provided sources.\n\n\n\n---\n*Compiled from publicly available web sources on 2026-04-18.*\n","birthdate":"Tue, 20 Aug 1985 00:00:00 GMT","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_9","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"County Commissioner District 9"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"shelby","displayname":"Massey, Kharl-Ray","documents":[{"datesubmitted":"04/10/26","documentid":"B9F38F23-3169-4F60-974D-3D7E4969E4A4","documentname":"Massey, Kharl-Ray - CFD - 1st Quarter 2026","documentnameid":["B9F38F23-3169-4F60-974D-3D7E4969E4A4","Massey, Kharl-Ray - CFD - 1st Quarter 2026"],"documenttype":"2026 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"03/06/26","documentid":"6BAAFD78-412B-4C0E-AC87-D576D12ACBD7","documentname":"Massey, Khari-Ray - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf","documentnameid":["6BAAFD78-412B-4C0E-AC87-D576D12ACBD7","Massey, Khari-Ray - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf"],"documenttype":"Appointment of Treasurer","electionname":null}],"filertype":"Candidate","officename":"Shelby County Commissioner, Dist. 9","source_customer_id":"EE6EBC62-7B7C-432F-869E-4DE111271E07","source_filer_id":"824941B7-6402-4F44-9C72-D103A072B1E6","source_system":"easyvote","state":"TN","status":"Active"}],"firstname":"Kharl-Ray","fullname":"Kharl-Ray Massey","lastname":"Massey","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_9","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 9","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_commission_district_9","office_title":"County Commissioner District 9","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"D","primary":{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_9","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 9","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_commission_district_9","office_title":"County Commissioner District 9","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_9","office_title":"County Commissioner District 9","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"81Fpodi5ZY"}