{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- Criminal Investigator for the District Attorney\u2019s Office in Memphis, TN. ([campaign site](https://michaelpope4sheriff.com/about/))\n\n- Candidate in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026 \u2014 one of five Democrats running. ([Daily Memphian](https://dailymemphian.com/article/61019/shelby-county-sheriffs-office-democratic-candidates-2026))\n- Campaign site: [michaelpope4sheriff.com](https://michaelpope4sheriff.com/about/)\n\n## Background and education\n- Master\u2019s in Criminal Justice, Bethel University. ([campaign site](https://michaelpope4sheriff.com/about/))\n- Graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety. ([campaign site](https://michaelpope4sheriff.com/about/))\n\n## Office history\n- Chief of Police, West Memphis Police Department. ([campaign site](https://michaelpope4sheriff.com/about/))\n- Commander for Civil and Criminal Court Operations. ([campaign site](https://michaelpope4sheriff.com/about/))\n- Field Commander for Domestic Violence and Special Victims Unit. ([campaign site](https://michaelpope4sheriff.com/about/))\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [Sheriff (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=POPE&id=103901&f=199574&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-25.*\n\n## Family\n- No family information found in sources.\n\n\n\n---\n*Compiled from publicly available web sources on 2026-04-18.*\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"shelby","displayname":"Pope, Michael","documents":[{"datesubmitted":"04/10/26","documentid":"2F3CB2CF-0354-46F3-9D91-546F8D3D21E0","documentname":"Pope, Michael - CFD - 1st Quarter 2026","documentnameid":["2F3CB2CF-0354-46F3-9D91-546F8D3D21E0","Pope, Michael - CFD - 1st Quarter 2026"],"documenttype":"2026 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"02/02/26","documentid":"877178A6-02CA-49A8-A0E3-02F8439FCF32","documentname":"Pope, Michael - CFD Year-End 2025.pdf","documentnameid":["877178A6-02CA-49A8-A0E3-02F8439FCF32","Pope, Michael - CFD Year-End 2025.pdf"],"documenttype":"2025 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"07/15/25","documentid":"B1873283-E318-4CE9-9857-AE46E66D0BE7","documentname":"Pope, Michael - CFD Mid-Year 2025.pdf","documentnameid":["B1873283-E318-4CE9-9857-AE46E66D0BE7","Pope, Michael - CFD Mid-Year 2025.pdf"],"documenttype":"2025 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"01/13/25","documentid":"5A2DA817-A6D7-4503-9ACC-2D48C4AFBF78","documentname":"Pope, Michael - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf","documentnameid":["5A2DA817-A6D7-4503-9ACC-2D48C4AFBF78","Pope, Michael - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf"],"documenttype":"Appointment of Treasurer","electionname":null}],"filertype":"Candidate","officename":"Sheriff","source_customer_id":"EE6EBC62-7B7C-432F-869E-4DE111271E07","source_filer_id":"678CB500-5110-4330-9F61-62EFC0C8431F","source_system":"easyvote","state":"TN","status":"Active"}],"firstname":"Michael","fullname":"Michael D. Pope","lastname":"Pope","middlename":"D.","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"D","primary":{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"aTi0Etsyui"}