{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nLinda Buckles is a Republican member of the Tennessee Executive Committee for the Fourth Congressional District [1]. In 2026, she is running in the Republican primary for this position [1]. Buckles previously served as a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Tennessee, where she was one of 33 delegates bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump [1].\n\n## Office history\n\nLinda Buckles served as a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Tennessee [1]. Under state party rules, she was one of 33 delegates bound to support Donald Trump at the convention [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Linda Buckles - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Linda_Buckles)","campaigns":[{"contest":"tn_exec_committeewoman_4","county":"Hawkins","county_count":2,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"TN State Executive Committeewoman District 4"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"sullivan","displayname":"Buckles, Linda","documents":[{"datesubmitted":null,"documentid":null,"documentname":null,"documentnameid":[null,null],"documenttype":null,"electionname":null}],"filertype":"CANDIDATE","officename":"Republican State Executive Committeewoman","source_customer_id":"6074E035-D00A-404F-8A84-6ED696F1378D","source_filer_id":"4A06DC2C-77BE-4433-AD43-A8F647001973","source_system":"easyvote","state":"TN","status":"Active"},{"county":"sullivan","displayname":"Buckles, Linda","documents":[{"datesubmitted":"04/28/26","documentid":"9F90C3AC-157E-4A95-88B1-150CF9A2EF15","documentname":"Linda D. Buckles Pre-Primary","documentnameid":["9F90C3AC-157E-4A95-88B1-150CF9A2EF15","Linda D. Buckles Pre-Primary"],"documenttype":"Campaign Financial Disclosure","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"04/10/26","documentid":"41AB71B8-8F7F-412B-A858-FCF3B8647C9A","documentname":"First Quarter","documentnameid":["41AB71B8-8F7F-412B-A858-FCF3B8647C9A","First Quarter"],"documenttype":"Campaign Financial Disclosure","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"03/02/26","documentid":"07209143-AC74-402F-AD5F-6033AE96A258","documentname":"Appointment of Political Treasurer","documentnameid":["07209143-AC74-402F-AD5F-6033AE96A258","Appointment of Political Treasurer"],"documenttype":"Appointment of Political Treasurer","electionname":null}],"filertype":"CANDIDATE","officename":"COUNTY COMMISSION","source_customer_id":"6074E035-D00A-404F-8A84-6ED696F1378D","source_filer_id":"CADDBBF1-CA8E-4678-AA5F-E956E73AABD5","source_system":"easyvote","state":"TN","status":"Active"}],"firstname":"Linda","fullname":"Linda D. Buckles","lastname":"Buckles","middlename":"D.","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"tn_exec_committeewoman_4","contest_title":"TN State Executive Committeewoman District 4","county":"Hawkins","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"tn_exec_committeewoman_4","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"R","primary":{"contest":"tn_exec_committeewoman_4","contest_title":"TN State Executive Committeewoman District 4","county":"Hawkins","county_count":2,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"tn_exec_committeewoman_4","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"tn_exec_committeewoman_4","office_title":"TN State Executive Committeewoman District 4","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Linda Buckles served as a bound delegate for Donald Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention from Tennessee.","terms":[],"token":"acKoBgrtpO"}