{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nPauline Walden Roberts is a Republican candidate for one of three Campbell County Commission District 5 seats on the August 6, 2026 county general-election ballot, one of six candidates competing for the three seats [1][2].\n\n## Office history\n\nRoberts previously picked up and filed a petition to run for a District 5 commission seat in the 2022 county general election, challenging the three sitting commissioners at the time [3]. She is not listed among the district's current commissioners on the county's official commission roster [4].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [Looking ahead to the August General Election Ballot \u2013 WLAF](https://1450wlaf.com/231028-2/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-08\n[2] [Lynch, Jeffries running for Campbell County mayor in August \u2013 The Mountain Press](https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/news/lynch-jeffries-running-for-campbell-county-mayor-in-august/article_d5581405-b02e-505b-b2b7-cced0b03b010.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-08\n[3] [Dozens pick up petitions to run in August election \u2013 The Mountain Press](https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/dozens-pick-up-petitions-to-run-in-august-election/article_aeec351f-ce5d-5a50-bdff-a9ab48f70ce5.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-08 (published March 9, 2022, updated May 16, 2022)\n[4] [County Commission \u2013 Campbell County, Tennessee](https://campbellcountytn.gov/government/county-commission/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-08\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_5","county":"Campbell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Commission District 5"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Pauline","fullname":"Pauline Walden Roberts","lastname":"Roberts","middlename":"Walden","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commission_district_5","contest_title":"County Commission District 5","county":"Campbell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_5","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_commission_district_5","contest_title":"County Commission District 5","county":"Campbell","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"county_commission_district_5","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_5","office_title":"County Commission District 5","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Republican candidate for Campbell County Commission District 5 in the August 6, 2026 general election; previously filed to run for the same seat in 2022.","terms":[],"token":"jDkq12duH2"}