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RICK SHOULDERS
Office history
Current office and 2026 campaign
Rickey D. "Rick" Shoulders is the Republican nominee for Macon County Mayor in the August 6, 2026 county general election 1. He won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 1,679 votes (45.8%), ahead of Steve Jones (1,048, 28.6%), Mark Gammons (715, 19.5%) and Ryan Craighead (217, 5.9%) 1. He faces independent candidates on the general-election ballot 2.
Career
Shoulders serves as Macon County's Assessor of Property, a countywide elected office he has held since 1996 34. His office is at 201 Nature Trail Way in Lafayette 3.
Family
Shoulders has described himself as a husband, father and grandfather; he and his wife, Beverly, have been married more than four decades 4.
Sources
Further candidate material (not accessible for this profile)
- End of this road - Lebanon Democrat (profile of Shoulders' career and mayoral run; server blocked automated fetch this session - unverified pointer)
Public filings
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Tennessee — statement of interest
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