{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKathryn Passons Adcock is the incumbent White County Trustee, seeking reelection in the 2026 general election.[1][2] She was first elected trustee in 2018 and reelected in 2022.[2]\n\n## Background and education\nA lifelong White County resident, Adcock grew up on a farm in the Hickory Valley community, where she says she learned \"hard work, to have compassion for others, and to cherish the closeness of family.\"[2] She attended Doyle Elementary School and White County middle and high schools, then earned an education degree from Tennessee Technological University in 1993.[2]\n\n## Career\nAdcock taught at White County Middle School for 25 years before her 2018 election as trustee.[2] As trustee, she is responsible for collecting county property taxes, maintaining payment records, and informing qualified taxpayers about income-based tax relief programs for seniors, people with disabilities, and disabled veterans.[1][2]\n\n## Sources\n[1] White County, TN \u2014 Staff Directory, Kathryn P. Adcock: https://www.whitecountytn.gov/directory.aspx?EID=58\n[2] Main Street Journal \u2014 \"County Trustee Candidate: Kathryn Passons Adcock\": https://www.mainstreetjournal.llc/election-2026-kathryn-passons-adcock-county-trustee/\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"trustee","county":"White","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Trustee"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Kathryn","fullname":"Kathryn Passons Adcock","lastname":"Adcock","middlename":"Passons","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"trustee","contest_title":"County Trustee","county":"White","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"trustee","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"trustee","contest_title":"County Trustee","county":"White","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"trustee","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"I","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"trustee","office_title":"County Trustee","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"b0HWnzGLjV"}