{"biography":"## Background and education\n- Black registered voter and Fayette County resident who was one of five individual plaintiffs, alongside the NAACP's Fayette-Somerville Branch, in a 2025 Voting Rights Act lawsuit filed by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Donati Law challenging the Fayette County Commission's 2021 redistricting map. ([NAACP LDF press release](https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/legal-defense-fund-files-lawsuit-challenging-racially-discriminatory-election-map-in-fayette-county-tennessee/))\n- In public comments at the time of filing, Wilkerson said: *\"The County Commission map is the latest example in our County's long, abhorrent history of racial discrimination that must be remedied.\"* ([NAACP LDF](https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-declares-victory-in-successfully-advocating-for-the-county-commission-in-fayette-county-tennessee-to-draw-a-new-fairer-electoral-map/))\n- The county commission adopted a new map in June 2025 creating three majority-Black single-member districts; the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the suit after the new map passed. ([Tennessee Lookout](https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/07/09/naacp-dismisses-discrimination-suit-against-fayette-county-after-commission-passes-new-district-map/))\n\nCandidate for Fayette County Commission, District 2 Position 1, in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary. No additional public biographical information (career, education) was located.\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=WILKERSON&id=2078&f=199316&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-23.*\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_2","county":"Fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commission District 2 Position 1"},{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_2_position_1","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"County Commissioner District 2 Position 1"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Marandy","fullname":"Marandy Wilkerson","lastname":"Wilkerson","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_2","contest_title":"County Commission District 2 Position 1","county":"Fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_2","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_2","contest_title":"County Commission District 2 Position 1","county":"Fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_2","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"D","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_2","office_title":"County Commission District 2 Position 1","state":"TN","terms":[]},{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_2_position_1","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 2 Position 1","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_commission_district_2_position_1","office_title":"County Commissioner District 2 Position 1","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":"fayette","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"D","primary":{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_2_position_1","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 2 Position 1","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_commission_district_2_position_1","office_title":"County Commissioner District 2 Position 1","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_2_position_1","office_title":"County Commissioner District 2 Position 1","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"UNWeR0vlCo"}