{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- County Mayor of Fayette County, Tennessee, since being elected in 2002. ([voteskip.com](https://voteskip.com/about-skip/))\n\n## Background and education\n- B.S. in Agriculture, University of Tennessee at Martin. ([voteskip.com](https://voteskip.com/about-skip/))\n\n## Career\n- Lifelong Fayette County native raised on his family's farm; pursued farming full-time after college and became active in civic life through church and agricultural organizations. ([voteskip.com](https://voteskip.com/about-skip/))\n- As mayor, has emphasized budgets that require no new property taxes and oversees the expansion of ambulance service, the establishment of a county-wide fire department, and the construction or renovation of county facilities including schools and Baptist-Fayette Hospital. ([voteskip.com](https://voteskip.com/about-skip/))\n\n- In 2024, Taylor was in the news over a decision to temporarily close the Bernard Community Center in Mason; the county commission subsequently approved new rules requiring public events to be scheduled through the mayor's office. ([Commercial Appeal via Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/news/mason-tn-residents-demand-restoration-100136262.html))\n\n## Office history\n- Eight years on the Fayette County Commission before becoming mayor. ([voteskip.com](https://voteskip.com/about-skip/))\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [County Mayor (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=TAYLOR&id=2072&f=197128&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [County Mayor (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=TAYLOR&id=2072&f=183769&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2024** \u2014 [County Mayor (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=TAYLOR&id=2072&f=178976&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-23.*\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","county":"Fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Mayor"},{"contest":"county_mayor","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"County Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Rhea","fullname":"Rhea Taylor","lastname":"Taylor","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":"County Mayor","party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":"County Mayor","party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":"fayette","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":"County Mayor","party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":"County Mayor","party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":"County Mayor","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"dMutw033nZ"}