{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDavid Strieby is the Republican Party nominee for Grundy County sheriff on the August 6, 2026 county general election ballot [1]. He faces four independent candidates, including incumbent sheriff Heath Gunter [1].\n\n## Background and education\nStrieby is a resident of Altamont, Tennessee; he was 38 years old at the time of his 2022 campaign [2].\n\n## Office history\nStrieby previously ran for Grundy County sheriff in the May 2022 Republican primary, losing to Clint Shrum by four votes, 801 to 797 [2]. He described the outcome as \"a close race with a low voter turnout\" [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Official Ballot, Grundy County, Tennessee, August 6, 2026](https://www.grundycountytn.net/officials/pdfs/sample_ballot.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Sequatchie's incumbent sheriff loses Republican primary, Grundy's survives with four-vote margin, Chattanooga Times Free Press, May 4, 2022](https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2022/may/04/sequatchies-incumbent-sheriff-loses-republicp/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23","campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","county":"Grundy","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"DAVID","fullname":"DAVID STRIEBY","lastname":"STRIEBY","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"Grundy","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"Grundy","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Altamont resident and Republican nominee for Grundy County sheriff in 2026 who narrowly lost the 2022 Republican sheriff primary by four votes.","terms":[],"token":"aHltKTd4GI"}