{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAlina Gorlova is the Republican nominee for the Hawkins County Board of Education's District 7 seat and the incumbent [3]. In the May 5, 2026 Republican primary she defeated Carl (Ketron) Bailey Jr. [1], 697 votes to 519 [6]; she is unopposed on the August 6, 2026 general-election ballot [2].\n\n## Background and education\nGorlova lives in Bulls Gap, in the western part of Hawkins County [4]. (Note: an unrelated well-known Ukrainian documentary filmmaker shares this name \u2014 a different person.)\n\n## Office history\nGorlova was elected to the Hawkins County Board of Education in August 2022, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat Judy Woods Trent 317-298 in the newly partisan District 7 race after picking up the Republican petition earlier that year [3][4]. As the District 7 representative she is the board's liaison to Bulls Gap Elementary/Middle School, Cherokee High School, and St. Clair Elementary School [5].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [May and August primary races appear all set (Rogersville Review)](https://www.therogersvillereview.com/news/article_8547d5f1-b98e-4143-b546-0f101d6c342a.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[2] [Hawkins County sample ballot, August 6, 2026](https://hawkinscountytn.gov/pdfs/elections/sample_ballot.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[3] [DeWitte, Hicks, Winegar, Gorlova win in Hawkins races (Citizen Tribune)](https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/dewitte-hicks-winegar-gorlova-win-in-hawkins-races/article_d5cd50ac-152e-11ed-b0ac-f394f390a02b.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-18\n[4] [Two Republican challengers pick up petitions for newly partisan school board seats (Rogersville Review)](https://www.therogersvillereview.com/rogersville/article_faf8212d-0856-50a5-85b2-fd6d5641deaa.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-18\n[5] [Hawkins County Board of Education member district assignments (hck12.net)](https://hawkinscounty.schoolinsites.com/boe) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-18\n[6] [No excuses: Stewart wins primary, Linkous unseats DeWitte (Rogersville Review)](https://www.therogersvillereview.com/news/article_f3f7b9f3-e7c6-4839-9584-7f87024cae4a.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_7","county":"Hawkins","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"School Board Member District 7"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"ALINA","fullname":"ALINA GORLOVA","lastname":"GORLOVA","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_7","contest_title":"School Board Member District 7","county":"Hawkins","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_school_board_district_7","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_7","contest_title":"School Board Member District 7","county":"Hawkins","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_school_board_district_7","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board_district_7","office_title":"School Board Member District 7","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"First-term Hawkins County BOE District 7 incumbent from Bulls Gap; won her 2022 seat by 19 votes over the Democratic incumbent in the district's first partisan race.","terms":[],"token":"IAXS700MXE"}