{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- Incumbent Fayette County Commissioner, District 7 (Moscow). ([Fayette County commission roster](https://fayettetn.us/county-boards-councils/county-commission/))\n\n## Career\n- In October 2025, introduced a resolution to extend the county's moratorium on solar farm applications to March 2027, pending further study of regulations. ([Fayette Falcon](https://www.fayettefalcon.com/2025/10/01/solar-farm-moratorium-extended-by-county-commission-to-march-2027-for-further-analysis/))\n- During the 2021 redistricting process, introduced a commission district map that contained no majority-Black district; it passed 10-8 over objections that it appeared discriminatory. Litigation over the map continued into 2025. ([MLK50, Nov 2025](https://mlk50.com/2025/11/21/black-residents-in-fayette-county-just-won-fairer-districts-now-comes-scotus/))\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=OGLESBY,JR&id=2059&f=194782&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=OGLESBY,JR&id=2059&f=185470&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2024** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=OGLESBY,JR&id=2059&f=175215&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-23.*\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_7_position_1","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"County Commissioner District 7 Position 1"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Claude","fullname":"Claude D. Oglesby Jr","lastname":"Oglesby","middlename":"D.","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_7_position_1","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 7 Position 1","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_commission_district_7_position_1","office_title":"County Commissioner District 7 Position 1","party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"}],"county":"fayette","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"R","primary":{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_7_position_1","contest_title":"County Commissioner District 7 Position 1","county":"fayette","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-05-05","office_county":"fayette","office_key":"county_commission_district_7_position_1","office_title":"County Commissioner District 7 Position 1","party":"R","pgr":"primary","state":"TN"},"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"county_commission_district_7_position_1","office_title":"County Commissioner District 7 Position 1","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"suffix":"Jr","terms":[],"token":"x4Ix4NgLQo"}