{"biography":"> **Editorial note \u2014 same-name confusion.** A different, nationally known Todd Golden \u2014 a college basketball coach \u2014 dominates web searches for this name. That person is not the candidate profiled here. The Todd Golden on the Sullivan County ballot is the longtime Kingsport school-board member described below.\n\n## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTodd Golden is a Republican candidate for Sullivan County Commission District 9, which covers part of Kingsport, on the August 6, 2026 county general-election ballot, where voters elect two commissioners for the district [1]. The other Republican nominee in the district is incumbent commissioner Joe Carr [1].\n\n## Office history\nGolden is an at-large member of the Kingsport City Schools Board of Education. He was appointed to the board in 2014 to fill a vacancy, elected in 2015, and re-elected in 2019 and 2024; his school-board term runs through August 31, 2028 [2].\n\n## Background and education\nA native of Albany, Georgia, Golden has lived in Kingsport for more than two decades [2]. He holds degrees in technical sales from Brigham Young University-Idaho and Weber State University [2].\n\n## Career\nGolden worked for Hewlett-Packard as a sales manager and corporate trainer before relocating to Kingsport [2]. He speaks fluent Spanish and served as a missionary in Colombia, has taught business and Spanish courses, founded Kingsport's Day of Service, and is active with the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce [2].\n\n## Family\nGolden is married with five children, three of whom attend Kingsport City Schools [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [August 6, 2026 Official Ballot for Sullivan County](https://www.wate.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2026/07/Sullivan-County-August-6-Sample-Ballot.pdf) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Todd Golden - Board Members, Kingsport City Schools](https://www.k12k.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=345567&type=d&pREC_ID=753640) - accessed 2026-07-23\n\n## Further candidate material (not accessible for this profile)\nThese are the candidate's own materials, which we were unable to access to verify additional detail:\n- [Q&A with Todd Golden - Kingsport Times News](https://timesnews.net/news/367332/qa-with-todd-golden/) (paywalled)\n- [Todd Golden campaign page - Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/toddgoldenboe/) (requires login)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_9","county":"Sullivan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commission District 9"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Todd","fullname":"Todd Golden","lastname":"Golden","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_9","contest_title":"County Commission District 9","county":"Sullivan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_9","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_9","contest_title":"County Commission District 9","county":"Sullivan","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_9","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_9","office_title":"County Commission District 9","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Republican candidate for Sullivan County Commission District 9 (Kingsport); longtime Kingsport City Schools board member and former Hewlett-Packard sales manager.","terms":[],"token":"A4FHkpptzy"}