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Keisha Scott
Office history
Current office and 2026 campaign
Keisha Scott, a sergeant with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, sought the Democratic nomination for Shelby County Sheriff in the May 5, 2026 primary, running against Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner, Reginald Hubbard, Ricky Pollard, and Michael Pope 1. Buckner won the primary; Scott did not advance to the August 6, 2026 general election, where Buckner faces Republican Brad Less 23. Scott said she hoped to become the county's first female sheriff and, at a Shelby County Democratic Party candidate forum, said sheriff's-office leadership needed to focus on "putting people first, not ourselves" rather than public disputes among officials 4. At a separate forum, she said both remodeling the Shelby County Jail and building a new facility would be necessary, but opposed siting a new jail near populated neighborhoods 5.
Career
Scott previously ran for Shelby County Sheriff as an independent candidate in 2022, finishing behind incumbent Floyd Bonner and fellow independent Donald Taylor with about 7.7% of the vote (9,820 votes), per Ballotpedia's tally of the results 6.
Sources
Public filings
Candidates and officeholders are required by law to file campaign finance reports and statements of economic interest. The sites below don't support direct links to an individual record — search by last name on each.
Tennessee — Shelby County campaign finance (Sheriff)
- Scott, Keisha - CFD 1st Quarter 2026.pdf — filed 04/02/26
- Scott, Keisha - CFD Year-End 2025.pdf — filed 02/03/26
- Scott, Keisha - CFD Mid-Year 2025.pdf — filed 07/07/25
- Scott, Keisha - CFD Year-End 2024.pdf — filed 01/30/25
- Scott, Keisha - CFD Mid-Year 2024.pdf — filed 07/10/24
- Scott, Keisha - CFD Year-End 2023.pdf — filed 01/24/24
- Scott, Keisha - CFD Mid-Term 2023.pdf — filed 07/24/23
- Scott, Keisha - CFD Year-End 2022.pdf — filed 01/31/23
- Scott, Keisha - CFD 4th Quarter 2022.pdf — filed 01/20/23
- Scott, Keisha - CFD 3rd Quarter 2022.pdf — filed 10/04/22
- Scott, Keisha - CFD Pre-General 2022.pdf — filed 07/27/22
- Scott, Keisha - CFD 2nd Quarter 2022.pdf — filed 07/01/22
- Scott, Keisha - Appointment of Treasurer 2022 (3).pdf — filed 06/16/22
- Scott, Keisha - CFD 1st Quarter 2022.pdf — filed 04/05/22
- Scott, Keisha - CFD Year-End 2021.pdf — filed 01/24/22
- Scott, Keisha - Appointment of Treasurer 2022.pdf — filed 12/07/21
- Scott, Keisha - CFD - Mid-Year 2021 — filed 07/06/21
- Scott, Keisha - Appointment of Treasurer 2022.pdf — filed 06/03/21
Tennessee — campaign finance (search)
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State offices (Governor, TN Senate, TN House, State Executive Committee, statewide judiciary) —
Tennessee Registry of Election Finance.
Click Search for Candidates and PACs, enter last name “Scott”, and submit.
US House, US Senate, and Presidential candidates file with the FEC — see the federal section below.
Tennessee — statement of interest
- Required for state and local officials and candidates — Tennessee Ethics Commission Conflict of Interest Search. Enter last name “Scott”and, if needed, select the applicable position.