{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCheryl Storey is the Republican Washington County Clerk, having won the office in the 2022 Republican primary, succeeding retiring three-term clerk Kathy Storey, per Johnson City Press [1]. She is the Republican candidate for Washington County Clerk in the county general election on August 6, 2026.\n\n## Career\nThe County Clerk's office operates from two locations, in Jonesborough and Johnson City [2]. In July 2023, Storey joined Washington County Mayor Joe Grandy and county commissioners to open a new self-service vehicle-registration renewal kiosk at the Johnson City office, according to a Washington County government announcement [3]. The kiosk allows walk-up renewals days, nights, weekends, and holidays by debit or credit card, though it does not dispense license plates or process address changes [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Sexton, Grandy and Storey are winners in Tuesday's GOP election \u2013 Johnson City Press](https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/sexton-grandy-and-storey-are-winners-in-tuesdays-gop-election/article_23c7b828-cb1b-11ec-9b7d-d7da9a660af2.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] [County Clerk | Washington County, TN](https://www.washingtoncountytn.org/224/County-Clerk) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[3] [Skip the lines! Vehicle registration renewal kiosk is up and running! \u2013 Washington County, TN](https://www.washingtoncountytn.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=152&ARC=243) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_clerk","county":"Washington","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Clerk"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"CHERYL","fullname":"CHERYL STOREY","lastname":"STOREY","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_clerk","contest_title":"County Clerk","county":"Washington","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_clerk","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_clerk","contest_title":"County Clerk","county":"Washington","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_clerk","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_clerk","office_title":"County Clerk","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Republican Washington County Clerk since 2022, running for reelection in the Aug. 6, 2026 county general election.","terms":[],"token":"FkHdysZzjD"}