{"biography":"William P. Mouzon is an Independent candidate running for Tennessee House of Representatives District 99 in Shelby County [1]. District 99 covers a large portion of northeast Shelby County [16]. Mouzon previously ran for the same seat in 2024, where he lost to incumbent Republican Tom Leatherwood [1].\n\nMouzon was born in Detroit, Michigan [1]. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1973 to 1977 and earned a high school diploma from Colonia High School [1]. His career experience includes working as a network engineer [1].\n\nIn the 2024 general election, Mouzon received 8,275 votes (24.7% of the total) against Leatherwood\u2019s 25,259 votes (75.3%) [1]. In the 2026 cycle, he is running as an Independent again [1]. While Mouzon did not appear to have an active campaign website during the 2024 cycle, he completed a Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey listing reproductive rights, women's rights, and bringing new jobs to West Tennessee as his priorities [16]. He has not yet completed the Ballotpedia survey for the 2026 election [1].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [William Mouzon - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/William_Mouzon)\n[16] [These are the candidates running for Tennessee House District 99 in November](https://www.yahoo.com/news/candidates-running-tennessee-house-district-145725676.html)","campaigns":[],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"William P","fullname":"William P Mouzon","lastname":"Mouzon","office_history":[],"summary":"William P. Mouzon is an Independent candidate running for TN House District 99 in Shelby County; he previously lost to incumbent Tom Leatherwood in 2024.","terms":[],"token":"zd8oc7InyF"}