{"biography":"## Career\n- Has served as Chairman of the Fayette County Republican Party; Secretary of the West Fayette Republican Club; Treasurer/Correspondence Secretary of a party committee. ([Fayette County Republican Party](https://www.fcrptn.org/about-fcrptn/))\n- Selected as a Tennessee delegate for Donald Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention.\n\n## Office history\n- Fayette County Commissioner (appointed) and a candidate in the 2026 District 4 primary.\n- Also serves on the Fayette County School Board, District 2. ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-powers-4743b931/))\n\n- Quoted in Tennessee Lookout coverage of Fayette County redistricting as a county commissioner critical of the adopted map. ([Tennessee Lookout, Dec 2021](https://tennesseelookout.com/2021/12/16/one-of-the-worst-maps-ive-ever-seen/))\n- Operates a campaign site at kevinpowersforfcmayor.com (unreachable at time of writing; suggests a prior or contemplated county mayor run). ([Fayette County Chamber listing](https://business.fayettecountychamber.com/list/member/commissioner-kevin-powers-366))\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=POWERS&id=77377&f=199223&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=POWERS&id=77377&f=197686&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-23.*\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_4_position_1","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"County Commissioner District 4 Position 1"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Kevin","fullname":"Kevin J. Powers","lastname":"Powers","middlename":"J.","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_4_position_1","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 4 Position 1","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_commission_district_4_position_1","office_title":"County Commissioner District 4 Position 1","party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":"fayette","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"R","primary":{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_4_position_1","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 4 Position 1","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_commission_district_4_position_1","office_title":"County Commissioner District 4 Position 1","party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_4_position_1","office_title":"County Commissioner District 4 Position 1","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"terms":[],"token":"lXhWpi1zO7"}