{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- **Shelby County Juvenile Court Clerk (Democrat).** Assumed office September 1, 2022; current term ends September 1, 2026. Runs the Juvenile Court Clerk's Office (90+ employees) at 616 Adams Avenue, Memphis. ([Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Janeen_Fullilove_Gordon), [Shelby County directory](https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/directory.aspx?eid=1183))\n\n- Democratic candidate for **re-election as Juvenile Court Clerk** in the May 5, 2026 primary. Primary opponents: Kenny Lee and Patriece Minner. ([Ballotpedia: 2026 Shelby municipal elections](https://ballotpedia.org/Municipal_elections_in_Shelby_County,_Tennessee_(2026)))\n- Campaign site: [janeengordon.com](https://www.janeengordon.com/). Campaign treasurer: Shyronica Jones. Donations via ActBlue.\n\n## Career\n- Longtime Memphis broadcaster: morning traffic anchor and lifestyle host at **WMC Action News 5** (NBC affiliate, Gray Television) for about nine years; previously WDIA / WHRK / K-97 radio for over a decade. ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeen-gordon-599033152/), [Muck Rack](https://muckrack.com/janeen-gordon/articles))\n- Publicly discussed her breast-cancer diagnosis and return to broadcasting while at WMC. ([Action News 5, 2017](https://www.actionnews5.com/story/35500211/wmc5s-janeen-gordon-opens-up-about-fight-against-breast-cancer/))\n\n- Board member, Heal the Hood Foundation.\n- Mentor, C.H.O.I.C.E. (Choosing Higher Options Individually Creates Empowerment). ([Local Memphis voter guide](https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/politics/elections/shelby-county-tennessee-primary-election-races/522-f84a0fab-99b0-4618-810e-8ed0ee6690ee))\n\n## Office history\n- Won the May 3, 2022 Democratic primary over Reginald Milton, Stephanie Gatewood, and Marcus Mitchell. Won the August 4, 2022 general election. ([Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Janeen_Fullilove_Gordon))\n\n## Documented disputes and controversies\nIn May 2024, the Juvenile Court Clerk's Office building was closed indefinitely over mold/asbestos/lead concerns. Gordon said staff complaints prompted environmental testing. She told Action News 5: *\"When you have staff members that come to you and sometimes you think it's a joke, but it really wasn't. They say I don't feel well today, my asthma is kind of messing with me, so initiated the test.\"* ([Action News 5, May 2024](https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/05/04/shelby-county-juvenile-court-clerk-says-she-learned-her-office-building-was-closing-indefinitely-by-watching-news/))\n\n---\n\n*Compiled from publicly available web sources on 2026-04-18. A widely-reported University of Memphis B.A. in Mass Communication appears in aggregator summaries but was not directly verified from a primary source in this research.*\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [Juvenile Court Clerk (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=GORDON&id=93580&f=194801&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [Juvenile Court Clerk (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=GORDON&id=93580&f=188950&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2024** \u2014 [Juvenile Court Clerk (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=GORDON&id=93580&f=176115&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-25.*\n\n## Family\nGordon is the daughter of **Janis Fullilove**, her predecessor as Juvenile Court Clerk (and a former Memphis City Council member). Gordon appeared on the 2022 primary ballot as \"Janeen Fullilove Gordon\"; second- and third-place finishers Stephanie Gatewood and Marcus Mitchell unsuccessfully contested the ballot-name choice. ([Memphis Flyer](https://www.memphisflyer.com/how-did-the-name-fullilove-get-on-the-primary-ballot/), [Daily Memphian](https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/article/28733/gatewood-to-contest-janeen-gordon-shelby-county-juvenile-court-clerk-win))\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"juvenile_court_clerk","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"tn","title":"Juvenile Court Clerk"},{"contest":"juvenile_court_clerk","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"Juvenile Court Clerk"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"shelby","displayname":"Gordon, Janeen","documents":[{"datesubmitted":"04/27/26","documentid":"FB5EABF4-3F34-4785-A12F-A6BC19D17583","documentname":"Gordon, Janeen - CFD - Pre-Primary 2026","documentnameid":["FB5EABF4-3F34-4785-A12F-A6BC19D17583","Gordon, Janeen - CFD - Pre-Primary 2026"],"documenttype":"2026 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"04/09/26","documentid":"DAEE1E20-7713-48ED-8713-D210A3CAF62C","documentname":"Gordon, Janeen - 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No information is provided about Janeen Gordon's education, work history, community involvement, or previous campaigns. Therefore, it is difficult to objectively evaluate her capabilities based on the available information.","terms":[{"county":"shelby","electiondate":"2022-08-04","office":"juvenile_court_clerk","state":"TN","term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01","title":"Juvenile Court Clerk"}],"token":"uyIESoYv8W"}