{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDewayne Baird is the incumbent Campbell County Commissioner for District 3, one of five candidates running for the three District 3 seats in the August 6, 2026 county general election, alongside fellow incumbents Lawrence \"Rusty\" Orick and Scott Stanfield (both running as independents) and challengers Jason Shetterly and Anthony D. Terry [1]. Of Campbell County's sitting commissioners, Baird is the only incumbent to seek reelection under a party label \u2014 as a Republican \u2014 rather than as an independent; eight other incumbents picked up petitions to run as independents, bypassing the county's newly partisan primaries [1].\n\n## Career\n\nAs a sitting commissioner, Baird took part in an October 2025 commission discussion of an airport improvement project, seeking clarification that the county would pay contractor PGA Inc. directly for work already completed [2].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [Commission District 4 field getting potentially crowded](https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/news/commission-district-4-field-getting-potentially-crowded/article_d3abe3fb-5c36-5181-bfe5-8f60b4f5e3de.html) \u2014 The Mountain Press (LaFollette), accessed 2026-07-08\n[2] [Commission approves airport change order, other items](https://1450wlaf.com/airport-change-order-grant-applications-contracts-approved-by-commission/) \u2014 WLAF, accessed 2026-07-08\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_3","county":"Campbell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commission District 3"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Dewayne","fullname":"Dewayne Baird","lastname":"Baird","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_3","contest_title":"County Commission District 3","county":"Campbell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_3","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_3","contest_title":"County Commission District 3","county":"Campbell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_3","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_3","office_title":"County Commission District 3","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Incumbent District 3 Campbell County Commissioner running for reelection as a Republican in the Aug. 6, 2026 general election - the only incumbent commissioner to run under a party label.","terms":[],"token":"Hyx4Lwadvo"}