{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nEmily Redd Hodges is the Republican nominee for Bedford County Assessor of Property in the August 6, 2026 county general election, having advanced from her party's May 5, 2026 primary [1]. The seat is being filled for an unexpired term: longtime assessor Ronda Clanton, who held the office for about 30 years, announced her retirement and left office in December 2025, and the August 2026 election chooses an assessor to serve until September 2028, completing the remainder of Clanton's term [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Fletcher, Hodges, Featherstone and Maddox move past Primaries - Bedford County Post](https://www.bedfordcountypost.com/news/2026/05/07/fletcher-hodges-featherstone-and-maddox-move-past-primaries/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Bedford County Assessor of Property Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award; Announces Retirement - Thunder Radio](https://thunder1320.com/bedford-county-assessor-of-property-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-award-announces-retirement/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n\n## Further candidate material (not accessible for this profile)\n- [Fletcher, Hodges, Featherstone and Maddox move past Primaries - Bedford County Post](https://www.bedfordcountypost.com/news/2026/05/07/fletcher-hodges-featherstone-and-maddox-move-past-primaries/) (paywalled)","campaigns":[{"contest":"assessor_of_property_unexpired","county":"Bedford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Assessor Of Property"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"EMILY","fullname":"EMILY REDD HODGES","lastname":"HODGES","middlename":"REDD","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"assessor_of_property_unexpired","contest_title":"Assessor Of Property","county":"Bedford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"assessor_of_property","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"assessor_of_property_unexpired","contest_title":"Assessor Of Property","county":"Bedford","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2026-08-06","office_county":null,"office_key":"assessor_of_property","office_title":null,"party":"R","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"R","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2026}],"office_key":"assessor_of_property","office_title":"Assessor Of Property","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"summary":"Republican nominee for Bedford County Assessor of Property in 2026, filling the unexpired term of retiring assessor Ronda Clanton.","terms":[],"token":"z89dWviaXl"}