{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMarty Hinson is the incumbent Sheriff of Jackson County, Tennessee [1], and is seeking re-election in the August 6, 2026 county general election, where he appears on the ballot as an independent candidate [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Jackson County - UT County Technical Assistance Service](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/county/jackson) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Sample Ballot, Jackson County General Election, August 6, 2026](https://jacksoncountytn.gov/uploads/election-commission/pdf_embed/tnjacpg6-sampleinfballot.pdf) - accessed 2026-07-23\n\n## Further candidate material (not accessible for this profile)\n- [Vote Marty Hinson - Jackson County Sheriff (Facebook)](https://www.facebook.com/Vote.marty.hinson.jcsd/) (requires login; campaign page content could not be verified for this profile)","campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","county":"Jackson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Sheriff"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"MARTY","fullname":"MARTY HINSON","lastname":"HINSON","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"Jackson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"sheriff","contest_title":"Sheriff","county":"Jackson","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"I","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"sheriff","office_title":"Sheriff","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Incumbent sheriff of Jackson County, Tennessee, running for re-election in 2026 as an independent candidate.","terms":[],"token":"hvj2QxINUD"}