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Jonathan Carroll
Office history
Current office and 2026 campaign
Jonathan Carroll is a candidate for Tennessee Democratic State Executive Committeeman, District 33, in the August 6, 2026 primary 2. He also ran for the Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education, District 9, in 2026, placing third among five candidates in the May 5, 2026 primary with 21.1% of the vote; incumbent Joyce Dorse-Coleman (32.3%) and Tamara Jordan (31.8%) advanced to the August 6 general election 1.
Background and education
Carroll is a graduate of the University of Memphis and has lived in Memphis's Normal Station neighborhood since 1995, where he has served as president of the neighborhood association for four years; he works for SafeWays, an apartment-safety nonprofit 1. (A former Illinois state representative of the same name, who resigned his Illinois House seat in January 2024, is a different person with no documented connection to Tennessee.)
Career
Carroll has served on the Shelby County Democratic Party executive committee since 2013 and the Tennessee Democratic Party's state executive committee since 2022 1. In his school board campaign, he emphasized having no financial ties to Memphis-Shelby County Schools: "I have never taken a paycheck directly or indirectly from the school system or worked for a contractor that does," he told Chalkbeat 1. He led the Parent-Teacher Association at Middle College High School, where his son attended, for more than three years, and served for one year as legislative affairs chair of the statewide PTA 1.
Sources
Public filings
Candidates and officeholders are required by law to file campaign finance reports and statements of economic interest. The sites below don't support direct links to an individual record — search by last name on each.
Tennessee — Shelby County campaign finance (County School Bd., Dist. 9)
- Carroll, Jon - CFD 1st Quarter 2026 — filed 04/10/26
- [email protected] — filed 04/10/26
- Carroll, Jon - CFD Year-End 2025 Amended — filed 02/03/26
- Carroll, Jon - Appointment of Treasurer 2026 (SB9).pdf — filed 02/02/26
- Carroll, Jon - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf — filed 03/19/25
Tennessee — campaign finance (search)
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State offices (Governor, TN Senate, TN House, State Executive Committee, statewide judiciary) —
Tennessee Registry of Election Finance.
Click Search for Candidates and PACs, enter last name “Carroll”, and submit.
US House, US Senate, and Presidential candidates file with the FEC — see the federal section below.
Tennessee — statement of interest
- Required for state and local officials and candidates — Tennessee Ethics Commission Conflict of Interest Search. Enter last name “Carroll”and, if needed, select the applicable position.