{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"JAMES D. \"DOB\" JOHNSON JR","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"JAMES","lastname":"JR","middlename":"D. \"DOB\" JOHNSON","suffix":null,"token":"glV4e46s0N"},"token":"james_d_dob_johnson_jr"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_j","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 J Position 1"}