{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJoe W. Gibson IV is a Republican candidate for Crockett County Mayor in the August 6, 2026 county general election [1]. The seat is open: incumbent Mayor Gary Reasons, an independent, is not on the 2026 ballot [2][3].\n\n## Office history\nGibson serves on the Crockett County Commission, representing District 6, Position 2 [4]. He has also been listed as a member of the county's Audit Committee [5].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Next Election Info - Crockett County Election Commission](https://www.crockettvote.com/next-election) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [County Officials - Crockett County Election Commission](https://www.crockettvote.com/county-officials) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [2026 Tennessee county mayoral elections - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Tennessee_county_mayoral_elections) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[4] [Crockett County Commission - Crockett County Election Commission](https://www.crockettvote.com/county-commission) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[5] [FY2023 Annual Financial Report, Crockett County - TN Comptroller](https://comptroller.tn.gov/content/dam/cot/la/documents/county/2023/FY23CrockettAFR.pdf) - accessed 2026-07-23","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","county":"Crockett","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Joe","fullname":"Joe W. Gibson IV","lastname":"Gibson","middlename":"W.","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Crockett","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Crockett","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":"County Mayor","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"suffix":"IV","summary":"Sitting Crockett County commissioner (District 6) running as a Republican for county mayor in 2026; the seat is open with incumbent Gary Reasons not on the ballot.","terms":[],"token":"LsnC8qhE5U"}