{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nEunice Minter Gudger is the incumbent Hardeman County Circuit Court Clerk and the Democratic Party nominee for re-election in the August 6, 2026 county general election, facing Republican nominee Jennifer Burkeen [1][2].\n\n## Office history\nGudger serves as Circuit Court Clerk for Hardeman County, with an office at 505 S. Main Street, Suite A, in Bolivar [3]. She was a candidate for the office in the 2022 Democratic primary before winning the seat [3][1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Hardeman County Election Commission \u2014 Your Elected Officials](https://www.hardemanvotes.com/p/your-elected-officials.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[2] [Hardeman County Election Commission \u2014 August 6, 2026 Official Sample Ballot](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AhunmX4xEaSVTC0sXKimbLDC-E1NLTxH/view) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[3] [Eunice Gudger \u2014 Circuit Court Clerk (UT CTAS)](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/eunice-gudger) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","campaigns":[{"contest":"circuit_court_clerk","county":"Hardeman","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"Circuit Court Clerk"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Eunice","fullname":"Eunice Minter Gudger","lastname":"Gudger","middlename":"Minter","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"circuit_court_clerk","contest_title":"Circuit Court Clerk","county":"Hardeman","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"circuit_court_clerk","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"D","primary":{"contest":"circuit_court_clerk","contest_title":"Circuit Court Clerk","county":"Hardeman","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"circuit_court_clerk","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"circuit_court_clerk","office_title":"Circuit Court Clerk","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Incumbent Hardeman County Circuit Court Clerk; Democratic nominee for re-election in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"bwrpAMHQrn"}