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Erika Sugarmon
Office history
Erika Sugarmon was elected to the Shelby County Board of Commission to represent District 12 on August 4, 2022. She is currently an educator for the Shelby County Schools (24 yrs.). She previously held the position of Deputy Director of Finance for the Shelby County Criminal Court.
Erika Sugarmon earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Master of Public Administration (MPA), and a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) from the University of Memphis. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Education Leadership & Policy (EdD) at the University of Memphis.
Erika Sugarmon serves on the Board of Women in Leadership Leaning on Wisdom (WILLOW), Tennessee Womenβs Political Caucus (TN-WPC), Shelby County Democratic Party (SCDP), and Memphis-Shelby County Education Association (M-SCEA). She has served as the Youth Village Council Chair and on the Foster Care Review Board. She also served on the TN COVID-19 Health Care Task Force. She has been a National Education and Tennessee Education Association (NEA & TEA) delegate.
Erika Sugarmon is the daughter of a Civil Rights Lawyer, the late Judge Russell B. Sugarmon, social justice activist, professor, and author, the later Dr. Miriam DeCosta Willis. Erika is the sister of the Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge, Tarik Sugarmon, and her other siblings include Elena Williamson and Monique Sugarmon. Erika has three children and five grandchildren and has been a foster and respite parent for several years.
Statement of interest (Tennessee Ethics Commission)
- 2026 β County Commission (SS-8005) β filed as a Shelby County official/candidate
- 2026 β County Commission (SS-8005 (Amended)) β filed as a Shelby County official/candidate
- 2025 β County Commission (SS-8005) β filed as a Shelby County official/candidate
- 2024 β County Commission (SS-8005) β filed as a Shelby County official/candidate
Source: Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search. Scraped 2026-04-25.
Public filings
Candidates and officeholders are required by law to file campaign finance reports and statements of economic interest. The sites below don't support direct links to an individual record β search by last name on each.
Tennessee β Shelby County campaign finance (Shelby County Commissioner, Dist. 12)
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD - Pre-Primary 2026 β filed 04/28/26
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD - 1st Quarter 2026 β filed 04/08/26
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Year-End 2025.pdf β filed 02/04/26
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Year-End 2025 (2-2-26).pdf β filed 02/02/26
- Sugarmon, Erika - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf β filed 11/25/25
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Mid-Year 2025.pdf β filed 06/23/25
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Year-End 2024.pdf β filed 06/23/25
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Mid-Year 2024.pdf β filed 06/23/25
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Year-End 2023.pdf β filed 02/15/24
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Mid-Year 2023.pdf β filed 08/01/23
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD 4th Quarter 2022.pdf β filed 01/31/23
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD 3rd Quarter 2022.pdf β filed 10/13/22
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Pre-General 2022.pdf β filed 08/15/22
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD 2nd Quarter 2022 AMENDED.pdf β filed 07/13/22
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD 1st Quarter 2022 AMENDED.pdf β filed 07/13/22
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Pre-Primary 2022 AMENDED.pdf β filed 07/13/22
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD 2nd Quarter 2022.pdf β filed 07/12/22
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD Pre-Primary 2022.pdf β filed 04/26/22
- Sugarmon, Erika - CFD 1st Quarter 2022.pdf β filed 04/11/22
- Sugarmon, Erika - Appointment of Treasurer 2022.pdf β filed 12/29/21
Tennessee β campaign finance (search)
- State offices (Governor, US Senate, US Rep, TN Senate, TN House, State Executive Committee) β Tennessee Registry of Election Finance. Click Search for Candidates and PACs, enter last name “Sugarmon”, and submit.
Tennessee β statement of interest
- Required for state and local officials and candidates β Tennessee Ethics Commission Conflict of Interest Search. Enter last name “Sugarmon”and, if needed, select the applicable position.