{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"TYLER SISCO","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"TYLER","lastname":"SISCO","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"GF5r0qYMRG"},"token":"tyler_sisco"},{"candidatename":"RALPH RANDALL REAGAN","chatgptsummary":"Reagan's biography shows leadership in operating a homeless shelter and building community support through church outreach, relevant to constituent relations. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate experience with county budgeting, legislative drafting, or state-mandated continuing education.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nRalph Randall Reagan is a Republican candidate for the Cumberland County Commission in the 7th District, which elects two commissioners [1][2]. He advanced from the May 5, 2026 county primary (about 40 percent) to the August 6 general election, alongside fellow Republican and incumbent Jerry Cooper (about 58 percent) [2].\n\n## Career\nReagan founded and leads the Bread of Life Rescue Mission, a Crossville homeless shelter and outreach ministry, where he works in intake and daily operations. He began the mission while serving as an assistant pastor at First Baptist Church, after learning that homeless people were sleeping in local hospital waiting rooms and that area churches were spending heavily on motel rooms for them. Reagan says he spent more than three years visiting churches across Crossville to build support, and that he and Connie Reagan took a personal loan to help start the mission. He describes its approach as turning no one away: \"We do not turn anyone away. We try to get them to come in\" [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Bread of Life offers shelter, a path forward \u2014 Crossville Chronicle (via Yahoo News)](https://www.yahoo.com/news/bread-life-offers-shelter-path-011700131.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Cumberland County primary results, May 5, 2026 \u2014 The UC Now](https://theucnow.com/2026/05/05/wyatt-trustee-kerley-register-of-deeds-advance-in-cumberland/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"RALPH","lastname":"REAGAN","middlename":"RANDALL","suffix":null,"token":"9gdDsGCYMm"},"token":"ralph_randall_reagan"},{"candidatename":"JERRY COOPER","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"JERRY","lastname":"COOPER","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"Y28BQ8CXHd"},"token":"jerry_cooper"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_7","officedescription":"A county commissioner is a member of the county's legislative body. The commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, authorizes borrowing, and passes county resolutions and ordinances. Commissioners are elected from districts (or at-large seats) to represent constituents on countywide policy.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on countywide matters \u2014 budget, taxes, land use, services, and intergovernmental issues \u2014 within Tennessee county-government law.\n- Budget literacy: the commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, and authorizes multi-year bond issues.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on resolutions and ordinances; committee work that pre-screens items.\n- Constituent relations in the district \u2014 case-work and community issues flow through the commissioner's office.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual continuing education through UT CTAS.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Commissioner","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":2,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-19","title":"cumberland County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://cumberlandcountytn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Sample-Ballot-Aug-2026.pdf"},"title":"County Commission District 7"}