{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nEric Craddock is the Sumner County Sheriff, seeking election to a full term in the Aug. 6, 2026 general election. A native of Hendersonville, Tennessee, Craddock had served 15 years in the Sumner County Sheriff's Office, most recently as chief deputy, before the county commission unanimously appointed him interim sheriff on Aug. 28, 2024, following the death of Sheriff Sonny Weatherford [1].\n\n## Career\nAs sheriff, Craddock has spoken publicly about departmental hiring, jail operations and school safety issues [2], and in 2025 he asked the county commission to restore \"step raises\" for sheriff's office employees in the 2026 budget [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] Main Street Media of Tennessee, \"Sumner County Commission names Craddock interim sheriff,\" Aug. 28, 2024, https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mainstreetnashville/sumner-county-commission-names-craddock-interim-sheriff\n[2] Main Street Media of Tennessee, \"Sheriff Craddock on new hires, jail and school issues,\" Oct. 30, 2024\n[3] Main Street Media of Tennessee, \"Sumner sheriff asks to have step raises restored to 2026 budget,\" July 10, 2025","campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","county":"Sumner","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"ERIC","fullname":"ERIC CRADDOCK","lastname":"CRADDOCK","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"Sumner","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"Sumner","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"E9XM3XKSOZ"}