{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nThomas Proffitt currently represents District 8 on the Carter County Commission and is a candidate in the August 6, 2026 county general election [1][2]. Each of Carter County's commission districts elects three members [1].\n\n## Office history\nProffitt was an incumbent who won a District 8 commission seat in the 2022 election with 474 votes [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Board of Commissioners \u2014 Carter County TN](https://www.cartercountytn.gov/government/commissioners.php) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Carter County Election Office (Aug 6, 2026 sample ballot) \u2014 Carter County TN](https://cartercountytn.gov/services/election_office.php) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Carter County Commission to have new look after Tuesday results \u2014 Elizabethton Star (2022)](https://www.elizabethton.com/2022/05/04/carter-county-commission-to-have-new-look-after-tuesday-results/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_8","county":"Carter","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commissioner District 8"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"THOMAS","fullname":"THOMAS PROFFITT","lastname":"PROFFITT","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_8","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 8","county":"Carter","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_8","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_8","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 8","county":"Carter","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_8","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_8","office_title":"County Commissioner District 8","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Incumbent Carter County commissioner for District 8, re-elected in 2022; running again in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"ehuKDR1GlO"}