{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Glenn \"Jeb\" Burgess","chatgptsummary":"A public records listing places a Glenn Everett Burgess at a Lagrange Road address in Somerville, Tennessee, but this could not be confirmed as the candidate. Bio does not indicate prior court-records management experience, Tennessee court-procedure training, or supervisory experience relevant to the Circuit and General Sessions clerk's office. No additional public biographical information was located in searches of Ballotpedia, the Fayette County Election Commission, local news, or Facebook. He has not filed a Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest.","notes":"","party":"R","person":{"biography":"Glenn Burgess is a Republican candidate running for Circuit Court Clerk in Fayette County, Tennessee, during the 2026 election cycle [1]. He has been employed by Fayette County for at least several years, with public payroll records documenting his tenure from 2019 through 2024 [6]. In 2022, Burgess earned a salary of $55,328, which represented a 6% increase from the previous year and contributed to an approximate 19% total salary growth over the period from 2019 to 2022 [6]. By 2024, his compensation had risen to $75,438, marking a 21% increase from 2023 and a cumulative 62% increase since 2019 [8]. While the specific job title is not explicitly detailed in the summary snippets, he is listed among Fayette County employees with other staff members such as James Gallagher and Lee Truitt [6][8]. There is another individual named Glenn Burgess who is an academic expert in political thought at Hull University, but this person is distinct from the candidate running for office in Tennessee [11].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Tennessee elections, 2026 - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Tennessee_elections,_2026)\n- [2] [Candidate Lists | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists)\n- [6] [Glenn Burgess - OpenGovPay](https://opengovpay.com/tn/glenn-burgess-e/144696014)\n- [8] [Glenn Burgess - OpenGovPay](https://opengovpay.com/tn/glenn-burgess-e/186769396)\n- [11] [Glenn Burgess - The Conversation](https://theconversation.com/profiles/glenn-burgess-379579)","firstname":"Glenn","lastname":"Burgess","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"Rn1GqPliwF"},"token":"glenn_jeb_burgess"},{"candidatename":"Libby Bowling","chatgptsummary":"No substantive public biographical information was located in searches of Ballotpedia, the Fayette County Election Commission, local news, or Facebook. Bio does not indicate prior court-records management experience, Tennessee court-procedure training, or supervisory experience relevant to the Circuit and General Sessions clerk's office. The Office of the Fayette Circuit Court Clerk maintains a public Facebook page but no biographical material about Bowling was surfaced there. She has not filed a Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest.","notes":"","party":"R","person":{"biography":"Candidate for Circuit Court Clerk in the May 5, 2026 Fayette County Republican primary.\n\nNo substantive public biographical information was located in searches of Ballotpedia, the [Fayette County Election Commission](https://fayettetn.us/departments/election/), Fayette County news, or Facebook. The [Office of the Fayette Circuit Court Clerk](https://www.facebook.com/Fayettecircuitclerk/) maintains a public Facebook page but no biographical material about Bowling was surfaced.","firstname":"Libby","lastname":"Bowling","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"4ygWtob9gr"},"token":"libby_bowling"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"fayette","districtgroup":"county","districtgroupname":"County","districtname":null,"job_type":"circuit_court_clerk","o.office":"circuit_court_clerk","office":"circuit_court_clerk","officedescription":"The Fayette County Circuit Court Clerk maintains the records of the Circuit Court and, in counties Fayette's size, typically also the General Sessions Court. Duties include docketing and indexing cases, authenticating court orders and judgments, collecting court costs and fines, administering oaths to witnesses and jurors, and managing the clerk's office. Fayette is part of Tennessee's 25th Judicial District, which also includes Hardeman, Lauderdale, McNairy, and Tipton counties.","officequalities":"- Records management for both Circuit and General Sessions courts in a small-county clerk's office.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee court procedure, including docketing, process service, and fee schedules.\n- Financial controls for collecting and disbursing court costs, fines, and bonds.\n- Supervision of a small clerical staff and workflow across multiple court calendars.\n- Administrative reliability \u2014 the office is a court of record, and its filings are legally binding.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Circuit Court Clerk","partisan":1,"pgr":"primary","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"Circuit Court Clerk"}