{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"John S. Stanbery","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJohn S. Stanbery is a candidate for State Executive Committeeman, District 1 in the 2026 Tennessee election (Bradley County).\n","firstname":"John","lastname":"Stanbery","middlename":"S.","suffix":null,"token":"a96TicvZUE"},"token":"john_s_stanbery"},{"candidatename":"Kevin Kerr","chatgptsummary":"Kevin Kerr's biography shows he is a Democratic Party candidate seeking election to the Tennessee State Executive Committee for District 1 in 2026 and met the March 10, 2026 filing deadline. The record contains no mention of prior party governance roles, knowledge of state party rules, or coordination with county committees. Bio does not indicate experience with intra-party conventions or ballot-access requirements.","notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nKevin Kerr is a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for Tennessee State Executive Committee, District 1 in the 2026 election [1]. He qualified for the ballot by meeting the filing deadline of March 10, 2026, at noon [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Candidate Lists | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists)","firstname":"Kevin","lastname":"Kerr","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"XOMZjzAfek"},"token":"kevin_kerr"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"party_exec_committee","o.office":null,"office":"tn_exec_committeeman_1","officedescription":"The State Executive Committee is the elected governing body of a Tennessee political party (Democratic or Republican). It is a party-organization office, not a government office \u2014 its members set party rules and organization, and are chosen by voters in that party's primary.","officequalities":"- Intra-party governance: the State Executive Committee is the elected governing body of a Tennessee political party, not a public office that legislates or administers government.\n- Working knowledge of party rules, conventions, ballot-access requirements, and how the party interacts with state election law.\n- Coordination with the party chair and county-level party committees.\n- This is a partisan party-organization role; voters in the party's primary choose the committee members. The qualities here describe party-organization fit, not government competency.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"State Executive Committee","partisan":1,"pgr":"primary","quantity":null,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"TN State Executive Committeeman District 1"}
