{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTom Bailey is the incumbent member of the Collierville Schools Board of Education, Position 4, and is seeking re-election on the August 6, 2026 ballot as a Republican [1][2][3]. He is currently the only candidate filed for this seat. He and another candidate named Gibbs both won open Collierville School Board seats in the election that brought him to the board [4].\n\n## Background and education\nBailey moved to Collierville in 1997. He attended Collierville Middle School and graduated from Collierville High School in 2003 [3]. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2007 [3]. He and his wife, also a CHS class of 2003 graduate and longtime Collierville resident, have children currently enrolled in Collierville Schools [1][3].\n\nBailey was born with Becker Muscular Dystrophy, a progressive form of muscular dystrophy, and uses a wheelchair [3].\n\n## Career\nBailey is Manager of Road Operations at Canadian National Railroad, where he oversees intermodal trucking operations for the company's US-based division [3]. He has worked at Canadian National for seventeen years [3]. Earlier in his career he served as Supply Chain Administrator at Pinnacle Airlines [3].\n\nBailey is active in local youth sports and Girl Scouts, and is a member of Living Hope Church [3]. He has described his board service as a way \"to give back to the town that has given him so much\" [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Tom Bailey for Collierville - campaign Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/p/Tom-Bailey-for-Collierville-61563966750727/)\n[2] [Tom Bailey seeking reelection to Collierville Schools board - Daily Memphian](https://dailymemphian.com/article/58558/tom-bailey-collierville-schools-school-board-elections-position-4)\n[3] [Tom Bailey biography - Collierville Schools Board of Education](https://www.colliervilleschools.org/116132_2)\n[4] [Gibbs, Bailey take Collierville school board seats - Daily Memphian](https://dailymemphian.com/article/47499/collierville-school-board-education-elections)\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"collierville_school_board_position_4","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Collierville School Board Position 4"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Tom","fullname":"Tom Bailey","lastname":"Bailey","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"collierville_school_board_position_4","contest_title":"Collierville School Board Position 4","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_4","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 4","party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"collierville_school_board_position_4","contest_title":"Collierville School Board Position 4","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_4","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 4","party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026},{"general":null,"party":null,"primary":null,"term":{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2024-11-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_4","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 4","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2026-11-08","term_start":"2024-11-05"},"year":2024}],"office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_4","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 4","state":"TN","terms":[{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2024-11-05","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"collierville_school_board_position_4","office_title":"Collierville School Board Position 4","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2026-11-08","term_start":"2024-11-05"}]}],"summary":"Tom Bailey is a candidate for Collierville School Board Position 4 and has sought reelection.","terms":[{"county":"shelby","electiondate":"2024-11-05","office":"collierville_school_board_position_4","state":"TN","term_end":"2026-11-08","term_start":"2024-11-05","title":"Collierville School Board Position 4"}],"token":"pcq95F0sU9"}