{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCecil Hale ran as the Republican candidate for Tennessee House of Representatives District 98, which covers a Memphis area of Shelby County, in 2024. He advanced from the August 2024 Republican primary and then lost to Democratic incumbent Antonio Parkinson in the November 5, 2024 general election. He also ran for U.S. House of Representatives District 9 in 2006.\n\n## Background and education\nHale attended Trezevant High School in Memphis and the University of Maryland.\n\n## Career\nHe served in the U.S. Army and subsequently worked in records management for the Department of the Navy.\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Cecil Hale \u2013 Action News 5](https://www.actionnews5.com/story/6845401/cecil-hale/)\n- [2] [Who is Cecil Hale? \u2013 Tennessee State Rep. District 98 \u2013 Lykelect](https://lykelect.com/post/cecil-hale/94d2a27e-ac13-4ec3-b914-56c88a2f29bd/)","campaigns":[{"contest":"state_representative_district_98","county":"Shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"State Representative District 98"},{"contest":"state_representative_district_98","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"State Representative District 98"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Cecil","fullname":"Cecil Hale","lastname":"Hale","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"state_representative_district_98","contest_title":"State Representative District 98","county":"Shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2024-11-05","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_98","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},{"contest":"state_representative_district_98","contest_title":"State Representative District 98","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2024-08-01","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_98","office_title":null,"party":"Republican","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"state_representative_district_98","contest_title":"State Representative District 98","county":"Shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2024-11-05","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_98","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":{"contest":"state_representative_district_98","contest_title":"State Representative District 98","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2024-08-01","office_county":null,"office_key":"state_house_98","office_title":null,"party":"Republican","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2024}],"office_key":"state_house_98","office_title":"State Representative District 98","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"fiXC1L8eXf"}