{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"BOBBY RILES","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"BOBBY","lastname":"RILES","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"kTwnsp7fzG"},"token":"bobby_riles"},{"candidatename":"FREDDIE BRADDIC","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"FREDDIE","lastname":"BRADDIC","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"bfJC9cQpdT"},"token":"freddie_braddic"},{"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":"sheriff","o.office":"sheriff","office":"sheriff","officedescription":"The Fayette County Sheriff is the chief law-enforcement officer of the county, with duties set out in Tennessee Code Annotated \u00a7\u00a7 8-8-201 and 8-8-213. The Sheriff's Office serves court process, operates the county jail, responds to calls for service, investigates crimes, and patrols unincorporated areas of the county. Under T.C.A. \u00a7 8-24-102, the Sheriff's salary must be at least 10% higher than the salaries of other county constitutional officers. Fayette's Sheriff's Office is significantly smaller than those in the state's urban counties; the office works closely with the Somerville and Rossville municipal police departments.","officequalities":"- Organizational leadership of a small sheriff's office with patrol, investigations, court-services, and jail functions.\n- Oversight of the county jail, including intake, inmate health, and release procedures.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee criminal law, court process, and constitutional search-and-seizure standards.\n- Ability to develop and oversee the office's operating budget with public accountability.\n- Coordination with Somerville and Rossville municipal police and neighboring-county agencies.\n- Documented law-enforcement or public-safety background.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Sheriff","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":"Sheriff"}