{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"LARRY SHAWVER","chatgptsummary":"Larry Shawver's biography shows incumbent experience serving on the Dyer County Commission, indicating familiarity with local legislative processes and constituent relations. The record lists his name in the county's fiscal-year 2025 financial report, suggesting exposure to budgetary matters. Bio does not indicate prior experience managing multi-year bond issues or completing state-required continuing education through UT CTAS.","notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nLarry Shawver is the incumbent Dyer County Commissioner for District A and is running for re-election as an Independent for County Commission District A, Position 2, in the August 6, 2026 county general election [1][3].\n\n## Office history\nShawver currently represents District A on the Dyer County Commission, with a term set to end in August 2026 [1]. He is also listed among Dyer County's commissioners in the county's fiscal-year 2025 annual financial report [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Dyer County Elected Officials](https://www.dyercounty.com/elected-officials) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Dyer County, Tennessee Annual Financial Report, FY ended June 30, 2025 (TN Comptroller)](https://comptroller.tn.gov/content/dam/cot/la/documents/county/2025/FY25DyerAFR.pdf) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Next Election Info | Dyer County, TN](https://www.dyercounty.com/next-election) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"LARRY","lastname":"SHAWVER","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"PSajfSDmfX"},"token":"larry_shawver"},{"candidatename":"MIKE NICKS","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"MIKE","lastname":"NICKS","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"WvjJUmNGq5"},"token":"mike_nicks"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_a_seat_b","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":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-22","title":"Dyer County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://files.elfsightcdn.com/eafe4a4d-3436-495d-b748-5bdce62d911d/231ab3db-b3b5-4de8-a358-6b12acd12a71/Dyer-PG26-Newspaper-Ballot.pdf"},"title":"County Commission District A Position 2"}