{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"JOHNNY \"JB\" BLANKENSHIP","chatgptsummary":"Johnny Blankenship's biography shows current service as Carter County Circuit Court Clerk, indicating familiarity with court records, docket management, and financial controls for fees and fines. He has supervised clerical staff handling case volume and statutory deadlines while maintaining administrative reliability for legally binding filings. The biography does not indicate prior experience in jury management or specific training regarding Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJohnny \"JB\" Blankenship is the Republican candidate for Circuit Court Clerk of Carter County, Tennessee, in the August 6, 2026 general election. He currently serves as the county's Circuit Court Clerk, per Carter County's own directory of elected officials [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] Carter County, Tennessee government website, Circuit Court Clerk page: https://www.cartercountytn.gov/government/elected_officials/circuit_court_clerk.php","firstname":"JOHNNY","lastname":"BLANKENSHIP","middlename":"\"JB\"","suffix":null,"token":"mIzUTjMEE3"},"token":"johnny_jb_blankenship"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"circuit_court_clerk","o.office":null,"office":"circuit_court_clerk","officedescription":"The circuit court clerk keeps the records of the circuit court \u2014 and often the criminal and general-sessions courts \u2014 managing case files, collecting court costs and fines, and handling jury administration under the court's deadlines.","officequalities":"- Maintains records of the Circuit Court (general civil and criminal trial court); in many counties also responsible for jury management.\n- Records management in conformity with the Tennessee Rules of Civil/Criminal Procedure and the orders of the assigned judges.\n- Working knowledge of the court's docket, fee schedule, and pleading requirements.\n- Financial controls for collecting and disbursing court costs, fines, restitution, bonds, and trust funds \u2014 with public accountability.\n- Supervision of a clerical staff handling high case volume and frequent statutory deadlines.\n- Administrative reliability \u2014 the office's filings are legally binding and its records are evidence.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Circuit Court Clerk","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-19","title":"carter County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://cms3.revize.com/revize/cartercounty/AUG%202026%20SAMPLE%20BALLOT.pdf"},"title":"Circuit Court Clerk"}