{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Autumn Anderson","chatgptsummary":"Anderson's biography confirms she is a registered Democratic candidate for District 8 and met all state filing deadlines for the State Executive Committee race. The record shows no controversies or disciplinary history regarding her candidacy. Bio does not indicate prior experience with intra-party governance rules or coordination with county-level committees.","notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nAutumn Anderson, of Sevierville, is a candidate for Tennessee State Executive Committeewoman from District 8 in the 2026 Democratic Party primary [1]. District 8 covers Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Jefferson, and Union counties and part of Sevier County [1]. She met the qualifying deadline of March 10, 2026, at noon, and was confirmed on the Tennessee Secretary of State's official candidate list for District 8 as of March 24, 2026 [1]. The primary election is scheduled for August 6, 2026 [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Candidates for Democratic State Executive Committee as of March 24, 2026 | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com/s3fs-public/document/TNDPSEC_Filed_2026-03-24.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","firstname":"Autumn","lastname":"Anderson","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"2s211Fswpd"},"token":"autumn_anderson"},{"candidatename":"Patty Mills","chatgptsummary":"Patty Mills's biography confirms her candidacy for the Tennessee State Executive Committee from District 8 and notes her compliance with state filing deadlines. The record contains no mention of prior party governance roles, knowledge of convention rules, or coordination experience with county committees. Bio does not indicate relevant experience in intra-party administration or election law interaction.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nPatty Mills, of Bean Station, is a candidate for Tennessee State Executive Committeewoman from District 8 in the 2026 Republican Party primary [1]. District 8 covers Claiborne, Grainger, Hancock, Jefferson, and Union counties and part of Sevier County [1]. She met the qualifying deadline of March 10, 2026, at noon, and was confirmed on the Tennessee Secretary of State's official candidate list for District 8 as of March 24, 2026 [1]. The primary election is scheduled for August 6, 2026 [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Candidates for Republican State Executive Committee as of March 24, 2026 | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com/s3fs-public/document/TNGOPSEC_Filed_2026-03-24.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","firstname":"Patty","lastname":"Mills","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"43lYtmG3zd"},"token":"patty_mills"},{"candidatename":"Deborah Bailey","chatgptsummary":"Deborah Bailey's biography confirms she is a Republican candidate for District 8 on the State Executive Committee and met the March 10, 2026 filing deadline to appear on the official ballot. The record contains no mention of prior party governance roles, knowledge of state election law, or coordination with county committees. Bio does not indicate experience in intra-party rules or convention operations.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDeborah Bailey is a candidate for Republican State Executive Committeeewoman for District 8 in the 2026 Tennessee elections [1]. She qualified for the ballot by meeting the filing deadline of March 10, 2026, at noon [1]. Her name appears on the official list of candidates for the Republican State Executive Committee race as published by the Tennessee Secretary of State [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Candidate Lists | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists)","firstname":"Deborah","lastname":"Bailey","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"SxDzDfJ7T0"},"token":"deborah_bailey"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"party_exec_committee","o.office":null,"office":"tn_exec_committeewoman_8","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 Committeewoman District 8"}