{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMarinda A-Williams is a candidate for the Memphis-Shelby County School Board, District 6 [1]. She is one of five candidates in the Democratic primary for the seat held by Keith Williams [1]. She participated in a candidate video series hosted by the Greater Memphis Chamber [2].\n\nA-Williams advocates for a collaborative governance model that allows newly elected leadership to demonstrate improvement before any potential state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools [1]. She prioritizes evidence-based literacy instruction in early grades, expanding tutoring, and aligning curriculum with learning science [1]. She supports strong financial transparency and contract oversight at the board level and believes the district should expand career and technical education programs to boost student attendance [1].\n\n## Background and education\nA-Williams previously worked as a teacher assistant and educator in local private schools and as a teacher in the Germantown suburban school district [1].\n\n## Office history\nA-Williams previously represented Memphis on the Tennessee Democratic State Executive Committee at age 23, where she set policies and goals for local parties [1]. She ran for Memphis City Council in 2019 but did not win [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Chalkbeat Tennessee](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-6/)\n[2] [Greater Memphis Chamber](https://memphischamber.com/blog/general/meet-the-candidates-school-board-district-6/)\n\n*Compiled from publicly available web sources on 2026-04-18.*\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_6","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County School Board District 6"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"shelby","displayname":"A-Williams, Marinda","documents":[{"datesubmitted":"02/17/26","documentid":"FF993435-67C5-49C2-86E9-6D1E53F4C78F","documentname":"A-Williams, Marinda - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf","documentnameid":["FF993435-67C5-49C2-86E9-6D1E53F4C78F","A-Williams, Marinda - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf"],"documenttype":"Appointment of Treasurer","electionname":null}],"filertype":"Candidate","officename":"County School Bd., Dist. 6","source_customer_id":"EE6EBC62-7B7C-432F-869E-4DE111271E07","source_filer_id":"0E0035BE-FA66-49DC-A771-89400DC5BCE5","source_system":"easyvote","state":"TN","status":"Active"}],"firstname":"Marinda","fullname":"Marinda A-Williams","lastname":"A-Williams","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_6","contest_title":"County School Board District 6","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_school_board_division_6","office_title":"County School Board Division 6","party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_6","contest_title":"County School Board District 6","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_school_board_division_6","office_title":"County School Board Division 6","party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"D","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board_division_6","office_title":"County School Board Division 6","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"ItusF60l1M"}