{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRickey 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].\n\n## Career\nShoulders serves as Macon County's Assessor of Property, a countywide elected office he has held since 1996 [3][4]. His office is at 201 Nature Trail Way in Lafayette [3].\n\n## Family\nShoulders has described himself as a husband, father and grandfather; he and his wife, Beverly, have been married more than four decades [4].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Macon County May 5, 2026 Primary Election Results - Macon County Chronicle](https://www.maconcountychronicle.com/2026/05/13/macon-county-may-5-2026-primary-election-results/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Macon County elections shaping up as petitions are picked up and turned in - Lebanon Democrat](https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/maconcounty/news/macon-county-elections-shaping-up-as-petitions-are-picked-up-and-turned-in/article_e7448b5f-74ca-5490-a8b4-06f5d0136fe1.html) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Rickey Shoulders, Assessor of Property - UT CTAS](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/rickey-shoulders) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[4] [Property Assessor - Macon County, TN](https://www.maconcountytn.gov/government/property_assessor.php) - accessed 2026-07-23\n\n## Further candidate material (not accessible for this profile)\n- [End of this road - Lebanon Democrat](https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/maconcounty/news/end-of-this-road/article_8a99b2a2-311d-5724-942d-2cb68599f4a2.html) (profile of Shoulders' career and mayoral run; server blocked automated fetch this session - unverified pointer)","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","county":"Macon","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"RICK","fullname":"RICK SHOULDERS","lastname":"SHOULDERS","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Macon","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":"Macon","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":[]}],"summary":"Republican nominee for Macon County Mayor; county Assessor of Property since 1996; won the May 2026 GOP primary with 45.8%.","terms":[],"token":"TiokqmZY0T"}