{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Denise Alexander","chatgptsummary":"Denise Alexander's biography shows incumbent experience as Claiborne County Trustee, directly addressing the office's demands for financial trustworthiness, property-tax law knowledge, and customer service. The record documents no controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate prior investment management experience or specific tax-relief program administration experience outside her current role.","notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDenise Alexander is the incumbent Claiborne County Trustee; her current term ends in August 2026, coinciding with the 2026 general election in which she is a candidate.[1][2]\n\n## Sources\n[1] Claiborne County, TN \u2014 Directory: https://claibornecountytn.gov/directory/\n[2] Claiborne County Election Commission \u2014 County Officials: https://claibornevotes.com/county-officials/\n","firstname":"Denise","lastname":"Alexander","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"Yn7Axt794a"},"token":"denise_alexander"}],"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":"2026-07-20","title":"claiborne County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://claibornevotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Claiborne-Newspaper-8-6-26.pdf"},"title":"County Trustee"}