{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"TANNER SERATT","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"TANNER","lastname":"SERATT","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"NSmsnjQxOC"},"token":"tanner_seratt"},{"candidatename":"JOHN UITENDAAL","chatgptsummary":"John Uitendaal's biography shows current service on the Dyer County Commission and membership on multiple committees, demonstrating familiarity with legislative processes and constituent relations. He also serves as president of an independent insurance agency, suggesting budget literacy relevant to county financial oversight. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate experience in drafting ordinances or completing state-required continuing education through UT CTAS.","notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJohn Uitendaal is a sitting Dyer County Commissioner running for re-election as an Independent for County Commission District B, Position 2, in the August 6, 2026 county general election [1][2].\n\n## Office history\nUitendaal currently serves on the Dyer County Commission and sits on multiple commission committees, with committee terms running through 2026 [1].\n\n## Career\nAccording to his LinkedIn profile, Uitendaal is president of an independent insurance agency, Southern Dutchman Corp., in Newbern, and attended the University of Tennessee at Martin [3].\n\n## Further candidate material (not accessible for this profile)\n- [John Uitendaal - Commissioner, Dyer Co., Tennessee (LinkedIn)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-uitendaal-13563a43/) (requires login)\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Dyer County Commission Committees](https://www.dyercounty.com/commission-committies) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Next Election Info | Dyer County, TN](https://www.dyercounty.com/next-election) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [John Uitendaal - Commissioner (LinkedIn)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-uitendaal-13563a43/) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"JOHN","lastname":"UITENDAAL","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"3ymzN33AbW"},"token":"john_uitendaal"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_b_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 B Position 2"}