{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nShawn \"Bit\" Brown is the Republican nominee for Johnson County, Tennessee sheriff in the August 6, 2026 county-general election. He won the Republican primary on May 5, 2026 [1][2]. In the general election he faces the sitting sheriff, Clifton G. Worley Jr., who appears on the ballot as an independent candidate [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Brown wins Johnson County sheriff Republican primary - WJHL](https://www.wjhl.com/news/your-local-election-hq/brown-wins-johnson-county-sheriff-republican-primary/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [\"Shawn 'Bit' Brown has won the Republican primary for Johnson County sheriff\" - WJHL (Facebook)](https://www.facebook.com/wjhlTV11/posts/1285588360353592/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [County and City Officials - Johnson County Election Commission](https://jctnvote.com/county-and-city-officials) - accessed 2026-07-23\n\n## Further candidate material (not accessible for this profile)\n- [Shawn Brown - Johnson County Sheriff's Office (LinkedIn)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-brown-5aa68860/) (requires login; not used to derive facts here)","campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","county":"Johnson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"SHAWN","fullname":"SHAWN \"BIT\" BROWN","lastname":"BROWN","middlename":"\"BIT\"","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"Johnson","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":"Johnson","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":[]}],"summary":"Republican nominee for Johnson County sheriff in 2026; won the May 5 GOP primary and faces incumbent sheriff Clifton Worley, who is running as an independent.","terms":[],"token":"JLW4AiCDHV"}