{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJames Dallas is the Democratic candidate for Maury County Commission District 4 on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot [2][3]. District 4 elects two commissioners; Republican incumbents Connie B. Green and Mike Kuzawinski Jr. are also on the ballot [3]. He maintains a campaign Facebook page, \"Dallas for Maury Commission\" [2].\n\n## Background and education\nDallas was born in Memphis and raised primarily in Texas near NASA's Johnson Space Center [4]. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center [4][5]. He moved to Maury County in 2018 [4].\n\n## Career\nDallas works as a database administrator for Vanderbilt University Medical Center [4][5]. He is a non-practicing attorney who briefly practiced law in Houston earlier in his career [4]. He has been affiliated with the Kiwanis Club of Columbia [5].\n\n## Office history\nDallas has chaired the Maury County Democratic Party since 2021, and previously served as the party's treasurer and on its county executive committee [1][4]. He was a write-in candidate for Maury County Commission in 2022 [4][5], and in 2024 ran for Tennessee state Senate District 28 [4].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Officers \u2014 Maury County Democratic Party](https://www.maurydems.org/officers/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[2] [Democratic Candidates \u2014 Maury County Democratic Party](https://www.maurydems.org/democratic-candidates/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[3] [Candidates for office register with Maury County Election Commission \u2014 Main Street Media of Tennessee](https://mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/mainstreetmaury/candidates-for-office-register-with-maury-county-election-commission/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[4] [James Dallas \u2014 THE Choice for Senate District 28 (Michele Flynn, Substack)](https://micheleflynn.substack.com/p/james-dallas-the-choice-for-senate) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[5] [James Dallas \u2014 Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/James_Dallas) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_4","county":"Maury","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commissioner District 4"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"James","fullname":"James Dallas","lastname":"Dallas","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_4","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 4","county":"Maury","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_4","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_4","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 4","county":"Maury","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_4","office_title":null,"party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"D","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_4","office_title":"County Commissioner District 4","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Chair of the Maury County Democratic Party since 2021 and a Vanderbilt database administrator, running as the Democrat for County Commission District 4 in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"fTvChlb8Aj"}