{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDennis Hunt is the Republican nominee for Coffee County Mayor in the August 6, 2026 county general election, where he faces Democrat Khamai M. Rozier and independent Mark Messick [3]. Hunt is the incumbent; asked in October 2025 whether he would seek re-election, he said he \"had been running for re-election since the day he was sworn in\" [2].\n\n## Office history\nHunt served as interim Coffee County Mayor from April 2024 through the August 2024 election, completing the remaining two years of former Mayor Judd Matheny's term [2]. He received the Republican Party's nomination at a May 23, 2024 caucus, at which Sheriff Chad Partin nominated him and no other candidates were offered, and he won the August 1, 2024 election with 3,819 votes [2].\n\n## 2026 primary\nHunt won the May 2026 Republican primary, defeating challenger Cheryl Swan, to advance to the August general election [4].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Dennis Hunt \u2014 UT County Technical Assistance Service](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/dennis-hunt) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[2] [Coffee County Mayor Dennis Hunt to seek Re-election \u2014 Thunder Radio](https://thunder1320.com/coffee-county-mayor-dennis-hunt-to-seek-re-election/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[3] [Coffee County Official Sample Ballot, August 6, 2026](https://coffeecountytn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6811/August-6-2026-Republican-Ballot) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[4] [Primary election settles several election bids, others carry over to August race \u2014 Manchester Times](https://www.manchestertimes.com/news/2026/05/13/primary-election-settles-several-election-bids-others-carry-over-to-august-race/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","county":"Coffee","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Dennis","fullname":"Dennis Hunt","lastname":"Hunt","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Coffee","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_mayor","contest_title":"County Mayor","county":"Coffee","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_mayor","office_title":"County Mayor","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Republican incumbent Coffee County Mayor, appointed interim in 2024 and elected that August to finish Judd Matheny's term; seeking a full term in 2026.","terms":[],"token":"i2W4P7JUzk"}