{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDarrell Wayne Rogers is the Republican Party nominee for Sumner County Commission District 5 (the Portland area), facing independent candidate Danya A. Kent on the August 6, 2026 ballot [1]. He won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 381 votes [2].\n\n## Career\nRogers is a former corrections officer and dispatcher and emphasizes government transparency; he has said \"he understood what 911 calls are because he has taken them\" [3].\n\n## Office history\nRogers ran for the District 5 commission seat in 2022 as a challenger and currently serves on the commission [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Federal and State Primary, State Judicial and Sumner County General Elections Sample Ballot](https://www.votesumnertn.org/uploads/files/884379eec0cf6e5fb6f5678acff70a3783bde79d.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[2] [Sumner County elections: Who's ahead in the May 5 primary's key races](https://www.aol.com/articles/sumner-county-elections-whos-ahead-204532050.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[3] [Commission candidates meet at Temple Theatre to talk issues \u2014 Main Street Media of Tennessee](https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/portlandsun/commission-candidates-meet-at-temple-theatre-to-talk-issues/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_5","county":"Sumner","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commission District 5"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"DARRELL","fullname":"DARRELL WAYNE ROGERS","lastname":"ROGERS","middlename":"WAYNE","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_5","contest_title":"County Commission District 5","county":"Sumner","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_5","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_5","contest_title":"County Commission District 5","county":"Sumner","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_5","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_5","office_title":"County Commission District 5","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Republican nominee for County Commission District 5 (Portland area); former corrections officer and dispatcher emphasizing government transparency.","terms":[],"token":"DSm1sXwCPR"}