{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"CHARLES B. WATKINS","chatgptsummary":"Charles B. Watkins demonstrates constituent relations experience through public advocacy on district desegregation and family ties to a former board member. His biography documents no controversy or disciplinary record. Bio does not indicate budget literacy or superintendent evaluation experience.","notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCharles B. Watkins is a candidate for District 2 of the Fayette County (Tennessee) Board of Education on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot. He has been publicly active on Fayette County school issues: at an August 2025 school board meeting he called on the board to host an information session on the district's federal desegregation consent order and its potential end [1].\n\n## Family\nCharles Watkins Sr. is the husband of Civil Miller-Watkins, a former Fayette County Public Schools board member and vice-chair who was the 2024 Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Tennessee; the couple have eight children and 10 grandchildren [2][3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Fayette Co. organizers call for spending boycott, demand transparency from county, school board - Tennessee Lookout](https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/08/21/fayette-co-organizers-call-for-spending-boycott-demand-transparency-from-county-school-board/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Civil Miller-Watkins' Biography - Vote Smart](https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/170414/civil-miller-watkins) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Tennessee Democrat Miller-Watkins runs for U.S. Senate - Nashville Banner](https://nashvillebanner.com/2024/07/20/senate-candidate-democrat-civil-miller-watkins/) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"Charles","lastname":"Watkins","middlename":"B.","suffix":null,"token":"2gU0f19HZc"},"token":"charles_b_watkins"},{"candidatename":"TERRY L. LEGGETT","chatgptsummary":"Leggett's tenure as a Fayette County Commissioner demonstrates budget literacy and constituent relations skills relevant to district oversight and county coordination. The biography documents no controversies or disciplinary records. Bio does not indicate experience in school policy judgment or superintendent evaluation.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n- Fayette County Commissioner (County Commission) \u2014 not School Board. Listed as an elected official in the UT Institute for Public Service / CTAS \"County Commissioner\" directory for Fayette County. ([CTAS](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/terry-l-leggett), [Fayette County Chamber](http://business.fayettecountychamber.com/list/member/commissioner-terry-leggett-376))\n- Running for Republican nomination, Fayette County Schools Board District 2, in the May 5, 2026 primary. Leggett is transitioning from a county commission role to a school-board bid. Does not currently appear on the FCPS board members page.\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2026** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=LEGGETT&id=20786&f=201489&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2026** \u2014 [School Board (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=LEGGETT&id=20786&f=201490&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=LEGGETT&id=20786&f=189406&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005 (Amended))](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=LEGGETT&id=20786&f=189406&v=2) \u2014 filed as a Fayette County official/candidate\n- **2024** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=LEGGETT&id=20786&f=172910&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":"Terry","lastname":"Leggett","middlename":"L.","suffix":null,"token":"6FoDnI4G6a"},"token":"terry_l_leggett"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"school_board","o.office":null,"office":"county_school_board_district_2","officedescription":"A school board member serves on the elected body that governs a public school district. The board sets district policy and budget priorities and hires and evaluates the superintendent, while leaving day-to-day management to the administration.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment for a public school district \u2014 setting direction while leaving day-to-day management to the superintendent.\n- Budget literacy for operating and capital budgets, in coordination with the county commission (which appropriates) and the state.\n- Ability to hire, evaluate, and when necessary replace the superintendent \u2014 the board's highest-stakes recurring decision.\n- Constituent relations with parents, teachers, principals, and community members.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual training through the Tennessee School Boards Association.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"School Board Member","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":"School Board District 2"}