{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Shana N. Burch","chatgptsummary":"Incumbent Fayette County Clerk, main office at 1 Court Square in Somerville with satellite offices in Oakland and Piperton. Runs the county's motor-vehicle registrations, license plates, marriage licenses, and business-tax registrations \u2014 direct operational experience with the clerk's statutory duties. Listed in the UT County Technical Assistance Service directory. Has filed 2024, 2025, and 2026 Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest forms in the County Clerk capacity. Bio does not indicate pre-clerk career or education; no additional biographical information was located in Ballotpedia, local news, or Facebook.","notes":"","party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- County Clerk of Fayette County, Tennessee, with main office at 1 Court Square, Room 101, Somerville. ([Fayette County Clerk's office](https://fayettetn.us/departments/county-clerk/welcome/)) Listed in the UT County Technical Assistance Service directory as the Fayette County Clerk. ([CTAS](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/shana-burch))\n\n## Career\n- The clerk's office sells vehicle registrations and license plates, issues marriage licenses, and processes business-tax registrations. The office also operates satellite offices in Oakland and Piperton. ([Fayette County Clerk's office](https://fayettetn.us/departments/county-clerk/welcome/))\n\nCandidate for re-election in the May 5, 2026 Fayette County Republican primary. No additional personal biographical information was located in searches of Ballotpedia, Fayette County news, and Facebook.\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [County Clerk (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=BURCH&id=90746&f=190636&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [County Clerk (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=BURCH&id=90746&f=182535&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2024** \u2014 [County Clerk (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=BURCH&id=90746&f=175836&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-23.*\n","firstname":"Shana","lastname":"Burch","middlename":"N.","suffix":null,"token":"NPhAPexzpK"},"token":"shana_n_burch"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"fayette","districtgroup":"county","districtgroupname":"County","districtname":null,"job_type":"county_clerk","o.office":"county_clerk","office":"county_clerk","officedescription":"The Fayette County Clerk's office handles motor-vehicle registrations and license plates, issues marriage licenses, and processes business-tax registrations. In a smaller county the Clerk's office also handles duties that in larger counties may be split among specialized offices. Separate elected office from the Register of Deeds. Limited to two consecutive four-year terms.","officequalities":"- Administration of motor-vehicle registration, license plates, marriage licenses, and business-tax registrations.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee statutes governing each of those functions, which change regularly.\n- Customer-service capacity: the Clerk's office is one of the most-visited county offices by ordinary residents.\n- Financial controls for collecting state and local fees and remitting them accurately.\n- Supervision of a small office staff handling high transaction volume.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Clerk","partisan":1,"pgr":"primary","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"County Clerk"}