{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJonathan 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].\n\n## Background and education\nCarroll 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.)\n\n## Career\nCarroll 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].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Meet the Memphis-Shelby County Schools District 9 candidates](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-9/) - Chalkbeat Tennessee, accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] Tennessee Secretary of State 2026 candidate lists - https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists (State Executive Committeeman, District 33)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_executive_committeeman_district_33","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"State Executive Committeeman District 33"},{"contest":"county_school_board_district_9","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County School Board District 9"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"shelby","displayname":"Carroll, Jonathan","documents":[{"datesubmitted":"04/10/26","documentid":"42C3D947-22FE-4A89-8C38-1289AB7F5975","documentname":"Carroll, Jon - CFD 1st Quarter 2026","documentnameid":["42C3D947-22FE-4A89-8C38-1289AB7F5975","Carroll, Jon - CFD 1st Quarter 2026"],"documenttype":"2026 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"04/10/26","documentid":"F7BEE2A6-77AE-4743-99F1-CB1CE2710A24","documentname":"joncarrollschoolboard9@gmail.com","documentnameid":["F7BEE2A6-77AE-4743-99F1-CB1CE2710A24","joncarrollschoolboard9@gmail.com"],"documenttype":"2026 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"02/03/26","documentid":"2C0B5955-EA49-41AC-A994-AAF1E74C89CA","documentname":"Carroll, Jon - CFD Year-End 2025 Amended","documentnameid":["2C0B5955-EA49-41AC-A994-AAF1E74C89CA","Carroll, Jon - CFD Year-End 2025 Amended"],"documenttype":"2026 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"02/02/26","documentid":"C57ED6BE-9298-4D5B-8403-7D8C1CF1F07F","documentname":"Carroll, Jon - Appointment of Treasurer 2026 (SB9).pdf","documentnameid":["C57ED6BE-9298-4D5B-8403-7D8C1CF1F07F","Carroll, Jon - Appointment of Treasurer 2026 (SB9).pdf"],"documenttype":"Appointment of Treasurer","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"03/19/25","documentid":"259A8FD8-2DFA-4DB6-A0F7-916BCFCDDE61","documentname":"Carroll, Jon - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf","documentnameid":["259A8FD8-2DFA-4DB6-A0F7-916BCFCDDE61","Carroll, Jon - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf"],"documenttype":"Appointment of Treasurer","electionname":null}],"filertype":"Candidate","officename":"County School Bd., Dist. 9","source_customer_id":"EE6EBC62-7B7C-432F-869E-4DE111271E07","source_filer_id":"200940EE-586C-471D-88E4-A4B3887B1623","source_system":"easyvote","state":"TN","status":"Active"}],"firstname":"Jonathan","fullname":"Jonathan Carroll","lastname":"Carroll","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_executive_committeeman_district_33","contest_title":"State Executive Committeeman District 33","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"tn_exec_committeeman_33","office_title":"TN Exec Committeeman 33","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"D","primary":{"contest":"state_executive_committeeman_district_33","contest_title":"State Executive Committeeman District 33","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"tn_exec_committeeman_33","office_title":"TN Exec Committeeman 33","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"tn_exec_committeeman_33","office_title":"TN Exec Committeeman 33","state":"TN","terms":[]},{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_9","contest_title":"County School Board District 9","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_school_board_division_9","office_title":"County School Board Division 9","party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_9","contest_title":"County School Board District 9","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_school_board_division_9","office_title":"County School Board Division 9","party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"D","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board_division_9","office_title":"County School Board Division 9","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Memphis Democratic Party activist; 2026 candidate for TN Democratic State Executive Committeeman, District 33; placed third in the May 2026 MSCS District 9 school board primary.","terms":[],"token":"d6htdK6nmr"}