{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- Appointed to the Shelby County Board of Commissioners, District 9 in March 2026 to fill the vacancy left by Edmund Ford Jr.'s resignation; term ends in August 2026. ([Action News 5](https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/03/05/10-candidates-vie-shelby-county-commission-district-9-seat/))\n\n- Candidate in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026. ([Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Jonathan_Lewis_(Tennessee)))\n- One of ten candidates who applied to be appointed to the seat before the primary; interviews were held on March 4, 2026. ([Action News 5](https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/03/05/10-candidates-vie-shelby-county-commission-district-9-seat/))\n- Campaign website: [electjonathanlewis@gmail.com](mailto:electjonathanlewis@gmail.com). ([Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Jonathan_Lewis_(Tennessee)))\n\n## Background and education\n- Information not available in sources.\n\n## Office history\n- No prior elected office listed; served as an appraiser in the Shelby County Assessor\u2019s Office. ([Action News 5](https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/03/05/10-candidates-vie-shelby-county-commission-district-9-seat/))\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\n## Family\n- States he comes from a family involved with public service. ([Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Jonathan_Lewis_(Tennessee)))\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_9","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"County Commissioner District 9"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"shelby","displayname":"Lewis, Jonathan","documents":[{"datesubmitted":null,"documentid":null,"documentname":null,"documentnameid":[null,null],"documenttype":null,"electionname":null}],"filertype":"Candidate","officename":"Shelby County Commissioner, Dist. 9","source_customer_id":"EE6EBC62-7B7C-432F-869E-4DE111271E07","source_filer_id":"6210558D-8314-4CBB-8738-95002E733ADA","source_system":"easyvote","state":"TN","status":"Active"}],"firstname":"Jonathan","fullname":"Jonathan Lewis","lastname":"Lewis","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_9","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 9","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_commission_district_9","office_title":"County Commissioner District 9","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"D","primary":{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_9","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 9","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"county_commission_district_9","office_title":"County Commissioner District 9","party":"D","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_9","office_title":"County Commissioner District 9","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"k2LYnrouh8"}