{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRick Storey is the incumbent Washington County Trustee, on the Republican ballot for reelection in the Aug. 6, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Career\nBefore serving as Trustee, Storey worked in banking in the Tri-Cities region, including as a lender at The Banking & Trust Co. (now First Tennessee Bank) and Hamilton Bank, and as vice president and Tri-Cities regional executive of Sovran Bank (now Bank of America) [2].\n\n## Office history\nStorey previously served on the Washington County Commission before being sworn in as Trustee around September 2018 [2][3]. As Trustee, he has been recognized by the University of Tennessee's County Technical Assistance Service and worked with the cashVest program to modernize the county's investment of public funds [4].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Trustee \u2014 Washington County, TN](https://www.washingtoncountytn.org/243/Trustee) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] [A transfer of power in Washington County \u2014 Johnson City Press](https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/a-transfer-of-power-in-washington-county/article_13416bfb-30b8-5b9f-8a9f-1551695493dc.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[3] [Get to know the men who want to be Washington County Trustee \u2014 Johnson City Press](https://johnsoncitypress.com/news/261134/get-to-know-the-men-who-want-to-be-washington-county-trustee/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[4] [cashVest Spotlight: Trustee Rick Storey \u2014 cashVest by three+one](https://threeplusone.us/2023/10/03/cashvest-spotlight-trustee-rick-storey/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06","campaigns":[{"contest":"trustee","county":"Washington","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"County Trustee"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"RICK","fullname":"RICK STOREY","lastname":"STOREY","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"trustee","contest_title":"County Trustee","county":"Washington","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"trustee","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"trustee","contest_title":"County Trustee","county":"Washington","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"trustee","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"trustee","office_title":"County Trustee","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Washington County Trustee since 2018, a former Tri-Cities banker, running for reelection Aug. 6, 2026.","terms":[],"token":"pOQJN0Xz3F"}