{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Kimberly Akins","chatgptsummary":"Currently listed as 'Kim Akins' among the staff of the Fayette County Register of Deeds office, which is headed by Register Eddie Pattat. Internal experience with the register's recording workflow and indexing is plausible but not independently confirmed in public sources. Has filed a 2026 Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest as a candidate for Register of Deeds. Bio does not indicate formal training in Tennessee recording statutes, budget oversight, or prior office management outside the existing staff role; no additional biographical information was located in Ballotpedia, local news, or Facebook.","notes":"","party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nKimberly Akins is a Republican candidate for Register of Deeds in Fayette County, Tennessee, in the May 5, 2026 primary election [1][2]. She works as a staff member in the Fayette County Register of Deeds office, which is responsible for recording, indexing, and storing real estate and business-related documents for the county [1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Fayette County Register of Deeds \u2013 Staff Directory](https://fayettetn.us/departments/register/)\n- [2] [Tennessee Ethics Commission \u2013 Statement of Interest](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=AKINS&id=102990&f=198735&v=1)","firstname":"Kimberly","lastname":"Akins","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"9fbKIEx3Wv"},"token":"kimberly_akins"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"fayette","districtgroup":"county","districtgroupname":"County","districtname":null,"job_type":"register_of_deeds","o.office":"county_register","office":"county_register","officedescription":"The Fayette County Register of Deeds maintains the official public record of all real-property transactions in the county \u2014 deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land. The office verifies recording requirements, collects recording fees and taxes, and makes the records available for public search. The Register does not issue titles, verify ownership disputes, or resolve boundary matters \u2014 those are handled elsewhere.","officequalities":"- Careful records management of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes and the recording-tax schedule.\n- Accuracy and indexing discipline \u2014 an error in the register's records can cloud title for years.\n- Public-access service: the records are open, and users include title companies, attorneys, and individual property owners.\n- Budget and technology literacy for maintaining a searchable, increasingly-digital record system.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Register of Deeds","partisan":1,"pgr":"primary","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"Register of Deeds"}