{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"WRITE-IN","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"WRITE-IN","lastname":"","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"oX7wlXqRav"},"token":"write_in"},{"candidatename":"CHARLES A. MCNAB","chatgptsummary":"The biography shows Charles A. McNab won the 2026 Republican primary unopposed and campaigns via social media. It does not indicate financial trustworthiness, Tennessee property-tax law knowledge, or investment experience. Bio does not indicate prior county administration experience.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCharles A. McNab is a Republican candidate for Fayette County Trustee [1]. He won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary unopposed, taking 2,002 of 2,007 votes cast (99.75%) [2]. No Democratic candidate qualified for the race, leaving McNab unopposed for the August 6, 2026 Fayette County general election [2]. McNab has campaigned in part through Facebook, including a September 2024 post - shared by the Fayette County TN Airport's page and captioned identifying him as the Trustee candidate - about attending the \"Thunder Over Fayette County Airshow\" with his family [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Candidate Lists | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists) - accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] [Fayette County Election Commission, 2026 Primary Election Summary Report](https://fayettetn.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/26-5-5-Primary-Totals.pdf) - accessed 2026-07-06\n[3] [Charles McNab post shared by Fayette County TN Airport - Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=953159390272544&id=100067354766830) (public Facebook post, accessed 2026-07-06)","firstname":"Charles","lastname":"Mcnab","middlename":"A.","suffix":null,"token":"9LDBqdqGWa"},"token":"charles_a_mcnab"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"trustee","o.office":null,"office":"trustee","officedescription":"The trustee is the county's banker \u2014 collecting county property taxes, keeping and investing county funds, and disbursing money on the county's authority. It handles large sums of public money and is a fiduciary role.","officequalities":"- Financial trustworthiness: the trustee is the county's banker and custodian of tax revenue, handling the county's property-tax collections.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee property-tax law, including tax-relief programs for seniors, disabled residents, and veterans.\n- Investment and cash-management competence for county funds under state-law constraints.\n- Monthly settlement and reporting discipline.\n- Accessible customer service for taxpayers paying bills, disputing assessments, or seeking relief, and the ability to administer a partly-online operation.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Trustee","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 Trustee"}