{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- Candidate for Shelby County Board of Education, District 1 in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026. ([Chalkbeat](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-1/))\n\n- Advocate for increasing teacher pay and offering tuition support to help Memphis students become educators. ([Chalkbeat](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-1/))\n- Supports expanding MSCS's Innovation Zone approach, which targets low-performing schools with strong principals and practical teacher training. ([Chalkbeat](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-1/))\n- Prioritizes teacher recruitment and retention, arguing that fair pay and improved working conditions are essential to attracting strong candidates and retaining experienced educators. ([Chalkbeat](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-1/))\n\n---\n*Compiled from publicly available web sources on 2026-04-18.*\n\n## Career\n- Spent 26 years as an educator in Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), starting as a teacher on a provisional license at Doubletree Elementary School. ([Chalkbeat](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-1/))\n- Spent most of her teaching career at Ross Elementary before retiring in 2023. ([Chalkbeat](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-1/))\n\n## Office history\n- Interim director of the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association, serving a one-year term that ended in February 2026. ([Chalkbeat](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-1/))\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\nNo statement of interest filing found as of 2026-04-25. Search the [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm).\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_1","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County School Board District 1"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"shelby","displayname":"Rivers, Dolores","documents":[{"datesubmitted":"04/10/26","documentid":"D48A0209-6F43-4CEC-8ED9-C4869B636018","documentname":"Rivers, Dolores Missy - CFD - 1st Quarter 2026","documentnameid":["D48A0209-6F43-4CEC-8ED9-C4869B636018","Rivers, Dolores Missy - CFD - 1st Quarter 2026"],"documenttype":"2026 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"02/04/26","documentid":"FB4F5BF8-1142-4074-8B8B-88AADB6C820E","documentname":"Missy, Delores - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf","documentnameid":["FB4F5BF8-1142-4074-8B8B-88AADB6C820E","Missy, Delores - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf"],"documenttype":"Appointment of Treasurer","electionname":null}],"filertype":"Candidate","officename":"County School Bd., Dist. 1","source_customer_id":"EE6EBC62-7B7C-432F-869E-4DE111271E07","source_filer_id":"6AE291B2-723C-4C62-91B8-3442ED24F01D","source_system":"easyvote","state":"TN","status":"Active"}],"firstname":"Dolores","fullname":"Dolores Missy Rivers","lastname":"Rivers","middlename":"Missy","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_1","contest_title":"County School Board District 1","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_school_board_division_1","office_title":"County School Board Division 1","party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_1","contest_title":"County School Board District 1","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_school_board_division_1","office_title":"County School Board Division 1","party":"D","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"D","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board_division_1","office_title":"County School Board Division 1","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"jin7W7bIut"}