{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Elizabeth (Betsy) Rice","chatgptsummary":"Incumbent Fayette County Commissioner, District 3 (Gallaway/Braden/Garnett/Mason), with county email brice@fayettetn.us. Has served as Public Safety Chairman of the commission and appears in commission meeting records going back to at least 2017. Also a member of the Fayette County Planning Commission \u2014 her 2024, 2025, and 2026 Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest filings are all in the Planning Commission capacity, giving her land-use policy exposure alongside her county-legislative role. Bio does not indicate career outside county government or formal education.","notes":"","party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- Fayette County Commissioner, District 3 (Gallaway/Braden/Garnett), representing Mason-area constituents.\n- Has served as Public Safety Chairman of the Fayette County Commission. Address on file is 375 Highway 59, Mason, TN; county email brice@fayettetn.us. ([UT CTAS](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/betsy-rice), [Fayette County commission roster](https://fayettetn.us/county-boards-councils/county-commission/))\n- Has appeared in Fayette County Commission meeting records since at least 2017. ([Feb 2017 Commission packet](https://fayettetn.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CCPackFeb282017.pdf))\n\nBio sources are limited for this rural Fayette County candidate. No public information about career outside the commission or education was located.\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [Planning Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=RICE&id=37494&f=195995&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [Planning Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=RICE&id=37494&f=186236&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2024** \u2014 [Planning Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=RICE&id=37494&f=178362&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":"Elizabeth","lastname":"Rice","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"FMVX0NWnqA"},"token":"elizabeth_betsy_rice"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"3","districtgroup":"county_commission","districtgroupname":"County Commission","districtname":"District 3","job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":"county_commission_district_3_position_1","office":"county_commission_district_3_position_1","officedescription":"Fayette County Commissioners are members of the county's legislative body. Fayette has 14 single-member districts; some districts elect two commissioners at-large within the district (the second position is noted). The County Commission passes resolutions and ordinances, approves the annual county budget, sets the property-tax rate, and enacts countywide policy. Each commissioner represents roughly 2,000 residents \u2014 a much smaller constituency than in urban counties, where retail relationship-based politics has more weight. Members must complete at least seven hours of continuing education annually through the UT County Technical Assistance Service.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on countywide matters \u2014 budget, taxes, land use, services \u2014 within Tennessee county-government law.\n- Budget literacy: commissioners set the property-tax rate and approve the county budget.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on resolutions and ordinances.\n- Constituent relations in a district of roughly 2,000 residents \u2014 retail, relationship-based politics.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required seven hours of annual continuing education through UT CTAS.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Commissioner District 3 Position 1","partisan":1,"pgr":"primary","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"County Commissioner District 3 Position 1"}