{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTom \"TJ\" Jones is the incumbent Dyer County Circuit Court Clerk and is running for re-election as an Independent in the August 6, 2026 county general election, challenged by Republican nominee Lara Jo Gorman [1][4].\n\n## Office history\nJones currently serves as Circuit Court Clerk for Dyer County, in Tennessee's 29th Judicial District; his current term ends in August 2026 [1][2][3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Dyer County Elected Officials](https://www.dyercounty.com/elected-officials) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [T.J. Jones - Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/state-court-clerks/clerks/t-j-jones) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Circuit Court Clerk (T.J. Jones) - UT County Technical Assistance Service](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/tj-jones) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[4] [Next Election Info | Dyer County, TN](https://www.dyercounty.com/next-election) - accessed 2026-07-23","campaigns":[{"contest":"circuit_court_clerk","county":"Dyer","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Circuit Court Clerk"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"TOM","fullname":"TOM \"TJ\" JONES","lastname":"JONES","middlename":"\"TJ\"","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"circuit_court_clerk","contest_title":"Circuit Court Clerk","county":"Dyer","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"circuit_court_clerk","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"circuit_court_clerk","contest_title":"Circuit Court Clerk","county":"Dyer","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"circuit_court_clerk","office_title":null,"party":"I","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"I","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"circuit_court_clerk","office_title":"Circuit Court Clerk","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Incumbent Dyer County Circuit Court Clerk running for re-election as an Independent in 2026, challenged by Republican nominee Lara Jo Gorman.","terms":[],"token":"mtpVJWBMiF"}