[{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"Chad","fullname":"Chad W Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"W","suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"xoiRcmPYy2"},{"bio_snippet":"Republican candidate for Williamson County Commission District 10; appointed interim commissioner in 2024, CEO of the Good Neighbor Foundation and former county GOP chair.","biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCheryl Brown is a Republican candidate for Williamson County Commission District 10 (Franklin area), a two-member district whose general-election field also includes incumbent Bill Petty and Democrats Jody Todd and David Steele [1][2].\n\n## Office history\nBrown was appointed interim District 10 commissioner in 2024 to fill the seat vacated by David Landrum, who resigned after moving out of his district [1][3].\n\n## Career and community involvement\nBrown is the longtime CEO of the Good Neighbor Foundation, a HUD-approved housing counseling agency, and a former chair of the Williamson County Republican Party [1].\n\n## Documented disputes and controversies\nBrown's 2024 appointment drew criticism over process. The county commission selected her on a 4-3-4 vote, with commissioners Mary Smith, Barb Sturgeon, and Christopher Richards voting no and four others abstaining [3]. The conservative outlet Tennessee Conservative reported that the commission nominated the former GOP chair \"with little to no public notice\" [4].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Cheryl Brown for Commissioner (campaign site)](https://teamcherylbrown.com/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[2] [Williamson County Election Commission Candidate List (Rev. Feb. 19, 2026)](https://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/29313/CandidatesMayAugRevFeb19th12NOON) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[3] [County Commission appoints Brown to fill District 10 seat (Williamson Herald)](https://www.williamsonherald.com/news/local_news/county-commission-appoints-brown-to-fill-district-10-seat/article_3079afdc-3f94-11ef-8210-a7a17a68fc43.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[4] [Williamson County Commission Nominates Former GOP Chair For Vacant D10 Seat With Little To No Public Notice (Tennessee Conservative)](https://tennesseeconservativenews.com/williamson-county-commission-nominates-former-gop-chair-for-vacant-d10-seat-with-little-to-no-public-notice/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","birthdate":null,"firstname":"Cheryl","fullname":"Cheryl Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":"Republican candidate for Williamson County Commission District 10; appointed interim commissioner in 2024, CEO of the Good Neighbor Foundation and former county GOP chair.","token":"XtlTPpAmBJ"},{"bio_snippet":"Candidate for Cannon County Sheriff in 2026, running against Bill Sharp; a Cannon County Sheriff's deputy endorsed by retiring Sheriff Darrell Young to succeed him.","biography":"> **Editorial note \u2014 same-name confusion.** Web searches for \"Chris Brown\" overwhelmingly surface the R&B singer, and separately turn up unrelated sheriffs and deputies of the same name in other states (including an elected sheriff in Cleburne County, Arkansas). None of those are the candidate profiled here. This Chris Brown is a Cannon County, Tennessee law-enforcement officer and 2026 sheriff candidate based in Woodbury, Tennessee [1][2].\n\n## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nChris Brown is a candidate for Cannon County Sheriff on the August 6, 2026 county general election ballot, running against Bill Sharp for the seat being vacated by retiring Sheriff Darrell Young [1][2]. In a mid-2025 announcement of his own retirement after 15 years in office, Young said he was \"offering his endorsement to deputy Chris Brown to succeed him,\" identifying Brown as a Cannon County Sheriff's Office deputy [2]. As of a January 2026 local candidate tracker, Brown's qualifying petition had been submitted and returned pending law-enforcement certification (POST); unlike Sharp, who is listed with a Republican designation, the same tracker showed no party affiliation next to Brown's name [1].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [WBRY, \"2026 Election Field Continues to Grow\"](https://www.wbry.com/2026-election-field-continues-to-grow/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-08\n[2] [Instagram post, \"Cannon County Sheriff, Darrell Young, is hanging up his...\"](https://www.instagram.com/p/DLqfGNgRfGr/), July 3, 2025 \u2014 accessed 2026-07-08\n","birthdate":null,"firstname":"CHRIS","fullname":"CHRIS BROWN","lastname":"BROWN","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":"Candidate for Cannon County Sheriff in 2026, running against Bill Sharp; a Cannon County Sheriff's deputy endorsed by retiring Sheriff Darrell Young to succeed him.","token":"8FzAqAQP0h"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"Claudell","fullname":"Claudell Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"agqrxMLO0G"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"Dale","fullname":"Dale Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"U9t2zbiQg2"},{"bio_snippet":"Dan Brown is a public figure who currently serves as the Bartlett Municipal Judge for Division 2 in Bartlett, TN. He has held this position since September 2016 and is expected to serve until September 2024. There is no information available regarding his education, work history, community involvement, or previous campaigns.","biography":"Hon. Dan Brown (Division 2) - Mondays at 12:00 noon\nJustice Center\n3730 Appling Road\nBartlett, TN 38133\n\nLinks:\n\nTN Courts: [Tennessee Courts](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/municipal-courts/judges/daniel-e-brown)\n\nCity of Bartlett Court Link: [City of Bartlett](https://www.cityofbartlett.org/26/Bartlett-City-Court)\n\nTrellis Link: [Trellis](https://trellis.law/judge/daniel.e.brown)","birthdate":null,"firstname":"Dan","fullname":"Dan Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":"Dan Brown is a public figure who currently serves as the Bartlett Municipal Judge for Division 2 in Bartlett, TN. He has held this position since September 2016 and is expected to serve until September 2024. There is no information available regarding his education, work history, community involvement, or previous campaigns.","token":"SBdjtQva5N"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"David","fullname":"David Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"yjeINGLI9k"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"Debbie","fullname":"Debbie Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"JkD4tLICpE"},{"bio_snippet":"Current office and 2026 campaign Donald Mitchell \"Don\" Brown Jr. is a Republican attorney from Union County, North Carolina, who ran in the March 3, 2026 primary for the U.S. Senate seat held by Thom Tillis, who announced his retirement in June 2025 1 2 . Brown filed his candidac","biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDonald Mitchell \"Don\" Brown Jr. is a Republican attorney from Union County, North Carolina, who ran in the March 3, 2026 primary for the U.S. Senate seat held by Thom Tillis, who announced his retirement in June 2025 [1][2]. Brown filed his candidacy with the State Board of Elections on December 1, 2025 and appeared on the ballot as \"Donald M. (Don) Brown\" [1]. He is registered with the Federal Election Commission as candidate S6NC00373 [6].\n\nBrown finished second in a seven-candidate Republican field, receiving 97,891 votes (15.60 percent) to Michael Whatley's 405,140 votes (64.57 percent), according to the State Board of Elections' official precinct-level results [3]. He did not advance to the November 3, 2026 general election.\n\nBrown told WCTI he was running \"because North Carolinians deserve a constitutional conservative who will fight - not just talk - when our freedoms are threatened,\" and listed the national debt, border security, \"ending political prosecutions and weaponization of government,\" and \"protecting medical freedom\" among his priorities; WCTI notes that its candidate answers come from the candidate and have not been fact-checked [2]. He told WITN in December 2025 that federal spending prompted him to enter the race: \"We have 3.2 million federal employees, over 400 agencies, and yet the national debt explodes at $37,000 per second\" [5].\n\nOn disaster recovery, NC Newsline reported in February 2026 that Brown's \"proposed solution is a Hurricane Helene trust fund: millions of dollars invested in local banks, which Christian charities would disburse in partnership with local governments,\" quoting him as saying, \"We're going to get FEMA out of the way - FEMA should be abolished\" [4]. NC Newsline also reported that Brown raised $146,000 in 2025, compared with $5.2 million for Whatley [4].\n\n## Background and education\n\nBrown was born in Plymouth, North Carolina [2][5]. The North Carolina voter registration file lists his year of birth as 1960 and shows him registered as a Republican in Union County [7]. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and of the Campbell University School of Law, and holds a non-resident certificate in international law from the United States Naval War College [2].\n\n## Career\n\nBrown is a former U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps officer who served at the Pentagon and a former Special Assistant United States Attorney [2][5]. He is the managing attorney of Brown & Associates, PLLC, and his campaign biography says he has handled complex litigation across North and South Carolina [2][8]. NC Newsline described him as \"a former U.S. Navy JAG officer turned author and conservative media personality\" and reported that he \"is perhaps best known for representing U.S. Army Lt. Clint Lorance - convicted for ordering the killing of two Afghan men - and helping to secure a pardon from Trump\" [4].\n\nHis campaign site describes him as a Publishers Weekly national best-selling author of 16 books, four of which achieved national bestseller status [8]. Among them is the 2015 military expose \"Call Sign Extortion 17: The Shootdown of SEAL Team Six,\" which his campaign says served as a basis for the 2021 docu-drama \"Fallen Angel: Extortion 17\" [8].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [Candidate Listing 2026 (candidate filing file)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/Candidate_Listing_2026.csv) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30\n[2] [Meet Don Brown: Candidate for U.S. Senate](https://wcti12.com/news/local/meet-don-brown-candidate-for-us-senate) - WCTI 12 (Sinclair), accessed 2026-07-30\n[3] [Official precinct-level results, March 3, 2026 primary (results_pct_20260303)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2026_03_03/results_pct_20260303.zip) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30\n[4] [Early voting in the N.C. primaries starts Thursday. Meet the top Republicans running for Senate.](https://ncnewsline.com/2026/02/11/voting-in-the-republican-u-s-senate-primary-begins-thursday-meet-the-top-candidates/) - NC Newsline, accessed 2026-07-30\n[5] [Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Brown campaigns in Eastern NC](https://www.witn.com/2025/12/19/don-brown-enters-crowded-gop-primary-north-carolina-us-senate-race/) - WITN, accessed 2026-07-30\n[6] [Candidate overview: BROWN, DON (S6NC00373)](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6NC00373/) - Federal Election Commission, accessed 2026-07-30\n[7] [Statewide voter registration file, Union County (ncvoter90.zip)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/data/ncvoter90.zip) - North Carolina State Board of Elections, accessed 2026-07-30\n[8] [About Don Brown](https://www.donbrownfornc.com/about) - Don Brown for US Senate campaign site, accessed 2026-07-30","birthdate":null,"firstname":"Donald","fullname":"Donald Mitchell Brown JR","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"Mitchell","suffix":"JR","summary":null,"token":"97008d185c968c3f"},{"bio_snippet":"Donald Graye Brown II is a re-elected County Sheriff from the Balls Creek Community, married to Jenny with two sons, and comes from a family dedicated to public service.","biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDonald Graye Brown II currently serves as the County Sheriff [1]. He is a candidate in the 2026 election for the same office, running under the Republican party [1]. His campaign website identifies him as \"Sheriff Brown,\" indicating he holds the position at the time of the filing [1]. The upcoming election has not yet occurred as of May 12, 2026, and its outcome remains unknown.\n\n## Background and education\n\nDonald Graye Brown II is a family man who self-describes as coming from a lineage dedicated to public service [1]. His father, Donald Brown, served with the City of Hickory Fire Department for 34 years before retiring in 2001 [1].\n\nBrown resides in the Balls Creek Community with his wife, Jenny, whom he has been married to for 22 years [1]. The couple has two sons, Jarrett and Grayeson [1]. The family attends New Jerusalem Lutheran Church [1].\n\n## Family\n\nSheriff Brown self-describes as \"a family man first,\" noting that his father, Donald Brown, served at the City of Hickory Fire Department for 34 years before retiring in 2001 [1]. He and his wife, Jenny, have been married for 22 years and reside in the Balls Creek Community [1]. The couple has two sons, Jarrett and Grayeson, and the family attends New Jerusalem Lutheran Church [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Meet Don | Re-Elect Sheriff Don Brown](https://www.reelectsheriffdonbrown.com/sheriff-brown)","birthdate":null,"firstname":"Donald","fullname":"Donald Graye Brown II","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"Graye","suffix":"II","summary":"Donald Graye Brown II is a re-elected County Sheriff from the Balls Creek Community, married to Jenny with two sons, and comes from a family dedicated to public service.","token":"f82a770643112570"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"Doug","fullname":"Doug Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"iZJFSIlELC"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"Douglas","fullname":"Douglas Brown Sr","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":"Sr","summary":null,"token":"OqI8a7MHOY"},{"bio_snippet":"Doyle Gene Brown\u202fJr. is the Democratic candidate for North Carolina State Senate District\u202f48 in the 2026 election.","biography":"Doyle Gene Brown\u202fJr. is the Democratic Party candidate for the North Carolina State Senate, seeking the seat representing District\u202f48 in the November\u202f3,\u202f2026 general election\u202f[1]. The Democratic primary scheduled for March\u202f3,\u202f2026 was cancelled, allowing Brown to advance to the general ballot without appearing on a primary ballot\u202f[1]. In the general election he will face incumbent Republican Senator Timothy\u202fMoffitt, who also advanced unopposed after the Republican primary was cancelled\u202f[1].\n\nPublicly available biographical information about Brown\u2019s education, professional career, or prior public service is limited to his campaign\u2019s social\u2011media presence. He maintains a Facebook page titled \u201cbrownforncsenate,\u201d which he uses to share campaign updates and outreach messages\u202f[14][15]. No additional details such as a personal website, email address, or phone number are provided in the sources consulted.\n\nBrown\u2019s campaign is therefore primarily represented online through the Facebook page, which serves as the main point of contact for voters seeking more information about his platform and background\u202f[14].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Doyle Brown Jr. - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Doyle_Brown_Jr.)\n- [4] [Democratic Party primaries in North Carolina, 2026 - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party_primaries_in_North_Carolina,_2026)\n- [8] [2026 United States Senate election in North Carolina - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_North_Carolina)\n- [14] [Doyle Brown for NC Senate](https://www.facebook.com/brownforncsenate/posts/122130082161046048/)\n- [15] [Doyle Brown for NC Senate updated his status.](https://www.facebook.com/brownforncsenate/posts/122129394621046048/)\n- [16] [Doyle Brown for NC Senate | YOUR STREET / WALL ...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXUyV7fEc5T/)","birthdate":null,"firstname":"Doyle","fullname":"Doyle Gene Brown JR","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"Gene","suffix":"JR","summary":"Doyle Gene Brown\u202fJr. is the Democratic candidate for North Carolina State Senate District\u202f48 in the 2026 election.","token":"3db231bd773c6aec"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"Dustin","fullname":"Dustin W. Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"W.","suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"jmvbLwcJ7j"},{"bio_snippet":"Source lists candidate filing documents for Tennessee elections with a March 10, 2026 deadline but contains no specific data for Eva Brown.","biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nEva Brown, of Kingston, is a Republican candidate for Tennessee Republican State Executive Committeewoman in District 12, which covers Campbell, Clay, Fentress, Macon, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Roane, and Scott counties [1]. She filed with all 9 required petition signatures approved by the March 10, 2026 qualifying deadline, per the Tennessee Secretary of State's official candidate list [1]. She is one of two committeewoman candidates in the district; the other is incumbent Ann Ayers-Colvin of Jacksboro [1][2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Candidates for Republican State Executive Committee as of March 24, 2026 \u2013 Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com/s3fs-public/document/TNGOPSEC_Filed_2026-03-24.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n[2] [No incumbent has picked up petition to run for re-election for District 5 commission seats \u2013 The Mountain Press](https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/news/no-incumbent-has-picked-up-petition-to-run-for-re-election-for-district-5-commission/article_df84bad2-7ff5-55b4-a6c0-b3575f5c15f1.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20\n","birthdate":null,"firstname":"Eva","fullname":"Eva Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":"Source lists candidate filing documents for Tennessee elections with a March 10, 2026 deadline but contains no specific data for Eva Brown.","token":"PA2E8PPASx"},{"bio_snippet":"Gloristine Brown, Democratic House Whip and District\u202f8 representative, is running for re\u2011election to the North Carolina House in 2026.","biography":"Gloristine Brown is the incumbent Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for District\u202f8 and the House Democratic Whip for the 2025\u20112026 biennium. She is seeking re\u2011election to the same seat in the November\u202f3,\u202f2026 general election.[1][4]\n\nBorn and raised in Eastern North Carolina, Brown grew up working tobacco fields before training as a nurse at Pitt Memorial Hospital. She earned a B.S. in computer information systems and a Master of Public Administration from Strayer University in 2013.[1][7] Her professional background includes nursing and positions in the insurance industry, giving her experience in both health care delivery and business operations.[1]\n\nBrown entered public service on the Bethel Town Board in 1999 and was elected mayor of Bethel in 2014, becoming the town\u2019s first Black mayor. As mayor she led community\u2011wide revitalization projects, opened a state\u2011of\u2011the\u2011art youth center, renovated the senior center, and reduced water and sewer rates by 23% for residents.[16][20] She also serves as vice\u2011chairwoman of the Pitt Community College Board of Trustees and sits on the North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees executive board.[1]\n\nIn 2022 Brown won her first term in the North Carolina House, defeating Republican Charles \"Drock\" Vincent with 13,116 votes (53.6%). She was re\u2011elected in 2024, beating Republican Angelene Mitchell with 22,722 votes (64.0%).[7][1] During her first two legislative sessions she served on the Appropriations Committee, the Appropriations \u2013 Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Committee, the Education \u2013 Community Colleges Committee, the Education \u2013 Universities Committee, and the Local Government \u2013 Land Use, Planning and Development Committee.[1]\n\nHer legislative priorities reflect her professional and local\u2011government experience. Brown has sponsored bills aimed at fully funding public schools, expanding affordable health\u2011care\u2014including Medicaid expansion for the state\u2019s uninsured\u2014, and creating good\u2011paying jobs in Eastern North Carolina. She emphasizes mental\u2011health and substance\u2011abuse services, environmental protection, and bipartisan cooperation on infrastructure and education funding.[20][18]\n\nIn February\u202f2025 her colleagues elected her House Democratic Whip, a leadership role that positions her to shape the Democratic caucus\u2019s agenda and coordinate floor strategy.[18] The whip appointment coincided with additional committee assignments on Appropriations, Education K\u201112, Higher Education, and Housing and Development, expanding her influence over budgetary and policy decisions.[18]\n\nBrown resides in Bethel, North Carolina, and maintains a campaign website at https://www.gloristinebrown.com/. She continues to engage constituents through town\u2011hall meetings, local board service, and outreach on issues ranging from Medicaid expansion to climate\u2011change mitigation.[10][20]\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Gloristine Brown - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Gloristine_Brown)\n- [4] [Representative Gloristine Brown - Biography - North Carolina General Assembly](https://www.ncleg.gov/Members/Biography/H/794)\n- [7] [Gloristine Brown - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloristine_Brown)\n- [10] [Vote-USA | Gloristine Brown | Currently Elected State Representative District 8, North Carolina](https://vote-usa.org/Intro.aspx?State=NC&Id=NCBrownGloristine)\n- [13] [State Representative Gloristine Brown | BillTrack50](https://www.billtrack50.com/legislatordetail/28123)\n- [14] [Gloristine Brown | BallotReady](https://www.ballotready.org/people/gloristine-brown-cd9da517-d3bd-4bfa-a342-8bab1de642df)\n- [16] [Gloristine Brown for NC House](https://www.gloristinebrown.com/)\n- [17] [North Carolina State Rep. Gloristine Brown - Biography | LegiStorm](https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/442602/Gloristine_Williams_Brown.html)\n- [18] [Rep. Gloristine Brown elected Democratic whip](https://www.witn.com/2025/02/04/rep-gloristine-brown-elected-democratic-whip/)\n- [19] [North Carolina Representative Gloristine Brown - FastDemocracy](https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/nc/legislators/NCL000371/)\n- [20] [Election Q&A: N.C. House 8 | Local News | reflector.com](https://www.reflector.com/news/local/election-q-a-n-c-house-8/article_a16367c2-acc8-571f-a973-9fd72b77e2ed.html)","birthdate":null,"firstname":"Gloristine","fullname":"Gloristine Williams Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"Williams","suffix":null,"summary":"Gloristine Brown, Democratic House Whip and District\u202f8 representative, is running for re\u2011election to the North Carolina House in 2026.","token":"7b0be3978c4027e2"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"HOLLY","fullname":"HOLLY BROWN","lastname":"BROWN","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"mzCbg5YpbA"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"JAMES","fullname":"JAMES E BROWN","lastname":"BROWN","middlename":"E","suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"G9OcXmbuEI"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"James","fullname":"James G. Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"G.","suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"lk87n3hCus"},{"bio_snippet":"","biography":null,"birthdate":null,"firstname":"Jamila","fullname":"Jamila Brown","lastname":"Brown","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"summary":null,"token":"uQt7XJkJbH"}]