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Contest for County Commission District 4
general - Partisan - County Commissioner
Elect 3 candidates
About this office
A county commissioner is a member of the county's legislative body. The commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, authorizes borrowing, and passes county resolutions and ordinances. Commissioners are elected from districts (or at-large seats) to represent constituents on countywide policy.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Policy judgment on countywide matters — budget, taxes, land use, services, and intergovernmental issues — within Tennessee county-government law.
- Budget literacy: the commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, and authorizes multi-year bond issues.
- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on resolutions and ordinances; committee work that pre-screens items.
- Constituent relations in the district — case-work and community issues flow through the commissioner's office.
- Willingness to complete the state-required annual continuing education through UT CTAS.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
Campaigns
Justin Epperson's biography shows two terms as an incumbent Grainger County Commissioner, demonstrating familiarity with local legislative processes and constituent relations. No controversies or disciplinary records appear in the provided text. Bio does not indicate experience with multi-year bond issues or state-mandated continuing education through UT CTAS.
Jennifer Fox Holt's biography shows relevant experience as an incumbent Grainger County Commissioner with a legislative record involving grant applications for local infrastructure. Her background includes nearly twenty-five years of nursing and teaching roles, alongside lifelong residency in the district she represents. The biography documents no controversies or disciplinary records. Bio does not indicate prior budget management or tax policy experience.
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