{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"SHANA N. BURCH","chatgptsummary":"Shana N. Burch's biography shows current service as Fayette County Clerk, directly demonstrating experience administering motor-vehicle registrations, marriage licenses, and business-tax fees while supervising satellite offices. No controversies or disciplinary records appear in available sources. Bio does not indicate prior experience managing complex financial controls or deep knowledge of frequently changing Tennessee statutes governing these specific functions.","notes":null,"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"},{"candidatename":"WRITE-IN","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"WRITE-IN","lastname":"","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"oX7wlXqRav"},"token":"write_in"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"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":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-22","title":"Fayette County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://fayettetn.us/departments/election/sample-ballots-8-6-26/"},"title":"County Clerk"}