{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Debbie Williams","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Debbie","lastname":"Williams","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"p56YJbxrkb"},"token":"debbie_williams"},{"candidatename":"Write-in","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Write-in","lastname":"","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"Rta9LQL8aO"},"token":"write_in"},{"candidatename":"Donna Toney","chatgptsummary":"Donna Toney's biography shows over a decade of tenure as Coffee County Register of Deeds since 2014, providing direct experience with local records management and public service demands. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate specific experience with electronic submission workflows or detailed budget technology literacy for modernizing the system.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDonna Toney is the incumbent Coffee County Register of Deeds and the Republican nominee for the office in the August 6, 2026 county general election, where she faces Democrat Debbie Williams [3][1].\n\n## Office history\nToney has served as Coffee County Register of Deeds since 2014 [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Coffee County Official Sample Ballot, August 6, 2026](https://coffeecountytn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6811/August-6-2026-Republican-Ballot) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[2] [Toney to seek re-election as Register of Deeds \u2014 Manchester Times](https://www.manchestertimes.com/announcements/toney-to-seek-re-election-as-register-of-deeds/article_1837d2e8-3ecd-4061-a8ac-482e1028f02a.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[3] [Donna Toney \u2014 UT County Technical Assistance Service](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/donna-toney) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","firstname":"Donna","lastname":"Toney","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"Xp69ymaLek"},"token":"donna_toney"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"register_of_deeds","o.office":null,"office":"register","officedescription":"The register of deeds maintains the county's permanent public record of real-property instruments \u2014 deeds, mortgages, liens, and plats \u2014 and collects the state transfer and mortgage taxes on them. The record the office keeps is the legal backbone of property ownership.","officequalities":"- Records management of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes, the recording-tax schedule, and the increasingly-electronic submission workflow used by title companies.\n- Accuracy and indexing discipline \u2014 an error in the register's records can cloud title for years.\n- Public-access service: the records are open, and the office serves both professional users and individual property owners.\n- Budget and technology literacy for maintaining a searchable, modern record system.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Register of Deeds","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-19","title":"coffee County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://www.coffeecountytn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6967/August-6-2026-General-Ballot"},"title":"Register Of Deeds"}