{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAshley Sartelle is the Republican nominee for Knox County Board of Education District 4 in the August 6, 2026 general election, challenging Democratic incumbent Katherine Bike [1]. Her priorities are an ambitious district-wide third-grade reading-proficiency goal with public progress reporting, a \"science of reading\" phonics curriculum, data-driven facility and budget decisions, and fiscal transparency - \"Every dollar in our budget should have a purpose.\" [1] She notes that \"only 45% of Knox County students overall are proficiently reading at grade level.\" [1]\n\n## Background and education\nSartelle, 49, holds bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting [1].\n\n## Career\nShe is finance director at the Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee [1].\n\n## Family\nShe is the mother of a daughter with dyslexia, an experience she says changed her perspective on the value of standardized testing for measuring progress [1]. On library policy she believes final authority on book reviews should rest with board members who are \"on record agreeing or disagreeing.\" [1]\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Knox County Board of Education District 4 voter's guide (Knox News)](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/knox-county-board-education-district-073835341.html) - accessed 2026-07-23","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_4","county":"Knox","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Board Of Education District 4"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Ashley","fullname":"Ashley Sartelle","lastname":"Sartelle","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_school_board_district_4","contest_title":"Board Of Education District 4","county":"Knox","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":"knox","office_key":"county_school_board_district_4","office_title":"Knox County Schools Board District 4","party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":"knox","cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"county_school_board_district_4","contest_title":"Board Of Education District 4","county":"Knox","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":"knox","office_key":"county_school_board_district_4","office_title":"Knox County Schools Board District 4","party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_school_board_district_4","office_title":"Knox County Schools Board District 4","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Republican nominee for Knox County school board District 4; a health-foundation finance director and accountant focused on early literacy and budget transparency.","terms":[],"token":"qCaipJ4RnC"}