{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Monty Bullock","chatgptsummary":"Monty Bullock's thirty-year tenure as Campbell County Trustee demonstrates relevant experience in managing $85 million annually without audit discrepancies and administering property-tax relief for seniors and disabled residents. His record includes investment programs generating over $7 million in interest income and expanded customer service hours. Bio does not indicate prior experience in state-level legislative drafting or complex litigation management.","notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMonty Bullock is the incumbent Campbell County, Tennessee Trustee, running unopposed as an Independent in the Aug. 6, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Career\nBullock has held the trustee's office for more than 30 years [2]. He has completed 468 hours of County Officials Association of Tennessee training and is a Certified Public Administrator [2]. He says the roughly $85 million a year that moves through the trustee's office has never had the state Comptroller's twice-yearly audits find \"one cent out of place\" [2].\n\n## Legislative record and accomplishments\nPer his own account, Bullock's office has added Saturday hours, a partial-payment plan for current taxes, a tax-relief program for senior and disabled homeowners, a policy preventing bankruptcy filers' taxes from going to tax sale, early-payment discount incentives, and an investment program that has generated more than $7 million in county interest income [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Lynch, Jeffries running for Campbell County mayor in August, The Mountain Press](https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/news/lynch-jeffries-running-for-campbell-county-mayor-in-august/article_d5581405-b02e-505b-b2b7-cced0b03b010.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] [Monty Bullock, The Mountain Press](https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/monty-bullock/article_8975376b-7c1f-53c2-9a68-3541a6c0be9a.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n","firstname":"Monty","lastname":"Bullock","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"uYRGL8AmWs"},"token":"monty_bullock"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"trustee","o.office":null,"office":"trustee","officedescription":"The trustee is the county's banker \u2014 collecting county property taxes, keeping and investing county funds, and disbursing money on the county's authority. It handles large sums of public money and is a fiduciary role.","officequalities":"- Financial trustworthiness: the trustee is the county's banker and custodian of tax revenue, handling the county's property-tax collections.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee property-tax law, including tax-relief programs for seniors, disabled residents, and veterans.\n- Investment and cash-management competence for county funds under state-law constraints.\n- Monthly settlement and reporting discipline.\n- Accessible customer service for taxpayers paying bills, disputing assessments, or seeking relief, and the ability to administer a partly-online operation.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Trustee","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-03","title":"Campbell County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://www.campbellelections.com/_files/ugd/953d91_eff903831c9d4315aed1730ccecaf83e.pdf"},"title":"County Trustee"}