{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAllen Lancaster is the incumbent Sumner County Board of Education member for District 3 and the Republican Party nominee seeking re-election on the August 6, 2026 ballot, facing Democrat Chanitta S. Nealy [1][2].\n\n## Career\nLancaster is an assistant director of finance for Vanderbilt University Medical Center [2].\n\n## Office history\nHe was elected to the District 3 school board seat in 2022, defeating incumbent Alice Bachman in the Republican primary and then winning the general election [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Federal and State Primary, State Judicial and Sumner County General Elections Sample Ballot](https://www.votesumnertn.org/uploads/files/884379eec0cf6e5fb6f5678acff70a3783bde79d.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[2] [King, Lancaster and Lacy elected to school board \u2014 Main Street Media of Tennessee](https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/hendersonvillestandard/king-lancaster-and-lacy-elected-to-school-board/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_3","county":"Sumner","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"School Board Member District 3"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"ALLEN","fullname":"ALLEN LANCASTER","lastname":"LANCASTER","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_3","contest_title":"School Board Member District 3","county":"Sumner","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_school_board_district_3","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_3","contest_title":"School Board Member District 3","county":"Sumner","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_school_board_district_3","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board_district_3","office_title":"School Board Member District 3","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Incumbent Republican school board member for District 3; assistant finance director at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, seeking re-election.","terms":[],"token":"OeKLD50g8N"}