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Contest for TN State Executive Committeeman District 19
primary - Partisan - State Executive Committee
About this office
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 — its members set party rules and organization, and are chosen by voters in that party's primary.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- 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.
- Working knowledge of party rules, conventions, ballot-access requirements, and how the party interacts with state election law.
- Coordination with the party chair and county-level party committees.
- 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.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
Campaigns
Democratic Primary
2 candidates
Jonathan Saad's biography shows experience in grant management and nonprofit leadership relevant to intra-party governance. It documents a 2026 legal dispute with Metro Arts where he alleged racial discrimination and received a $150,000 settlement after the city did not contest his claims. Bio does not indicate experience with party rules or coordination with county-level committees.
Republican Primary
1 candidate
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