{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDanny Cook is the incumbent Lake County Mayor. He was first elected to the office in August 2022, according to WPSD Local 6 [1]. As county mayor, he serves as Lake County's chief executive officer, a role that involves overseeing county departments and steering the county's budget, per the county's official government website [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] WPSD Local 6, \"Danny Cook elected county mayor in Lake County, Tennessee,\" August 5, 2022 -- https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxQUVFaM250UVNhMlpQc0RpcHNUdS1sM25jNGwxemN0SktqZENta0FZaV9QSDNiZWVzN2p4Q2FIazAxNzVXZE94UHZaQkZ2ZFQ4RmZBMjNTTk4xZzNSVjRaanRKZTBaeTFKUTNpX3E2VnBVU0dzN0ZxTjgwdkV2NmR4LThXcXp4ZXhKS0lrWGt3MXljMkdaY1NnNmxpbFlZWnRlUm1zREVVeEljbU5Vb3J3VnYzTFR0b253ak02NWo1Y2tFWHRYNFBKdXhfQ2xpeGlPQTlqUg?oc=5\n[2] Lake County, Tennessee official government website, Mayor page -- https://www.lakecountytn.com/mayor.html","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","county":"Lake","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Danny","fullname":"Danny Cook","lastname":"Cook","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Lake","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Lake","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"I","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":"County Mayor","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"9H04VNPXno"}