{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Sheila Lay Davidson","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Sheila","lastname":"Davidson","middlename":"Lay","suffix":null,"token":"12nTe3wRm4"},"token":"sheila_lay_davidson"},{"candidatename":"Justin Epperson","chatgptsummary":"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.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJustin Epperson is a Republican incumbent commissioner for District 4 of the Grainger County Commission, which elects three members, and is seeking re-election on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot.[1][2] He received 355 votes in the May 2026 District 4 Republican primary.[1]\n\n## Office history\nEpperson won a second term in the 2022 election, finishing four votes ahead of first-time candidate Jennifer Fox Holt, 265 to 261.[3]\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Grainger Road Superintendent fends off primary challenge - Citizen Tribune](https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/grainger-road-superintendent-fends-off-primary-challenge/article_67d994fe-3821-4eb5-854b-adb7492c245a.html) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [County Commission - Grainger County Tennessee](https://www.graingercountytn.com/county-commission/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Holt challenging incumbents for 4th District commission seat - Grainger Today](https://www.graingertoday.com/news/holt-challenging-incumbents-for-4th-district-commission-seat/article_45af5dae-aaa2-11ec-a67d-3f8242fb7690.html) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"Justin","lastname":"Epperson","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"DEnQ1TeHkx"},"token":"justin_epperson"},{"candidatename":"Jennifer Fox Holt","chatgptsummary":"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.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJennifer Fox Holt is a Republican incumbent commissioner for District 4 of the Grainger County Commission, which elects three members, and is seeking re-election on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot.[1][2] She was the top vote-getter in the District 4 Republican primary in May 2026 with 410 votes.[1]\n\n## Background and education\nHolt is a lifelong resident of the 4th District, spending her childhood in Washburn and graduating from Washburn High School. She has lived her adult life on her family's farm in Thorn Hill.[3]\n\n## Career\nHolt has worked as a registered nurse for nearly 25 years and completed a master's degree in nursing education in 2016. She teaches nursing students at a local-area university and works on an as-needed basis at a local hospital.[3]\n\n## Legislative record and accomplishments\nAs a commissioner and Thorn Hill resident, Holt worked with Jimmy Langley, the retired general manager of the Luttrell-Blaine-Corryton Utility District, on a project to bring clean-water infrastructure improvements to the Thorn Hill community; the county commission has advanced a related grant application.[3][4]\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Grainger Road Superintendent fends off primary challenge - Citizen Tribune](https://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/grainger-road-superintendent-fends-off-primary-challenge/article_67d994fe-3821-4eb5-854b-adb7492c245a.html) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [County Commission - Grainger County Tennessee](https://www.graingercountytn.com/county-commission/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Holt challenging incumbents for 4th District commission seat - Grainger Today](https://www.graingertoday.com/news/holt-challenging-incumbents-for-4th-district-commission-seat/article_45af5dae-aaa2-11ec-a67d-3f8242fb7690.html) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[4] [Grainger County approves grant application to bring clean water to Thorn Hill - WATE](https://www.wate.com/news/grainger-county-news/grainger-county-approves-grant-application-to-bring-clean-water-to-thorn-hill/) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"Jennifer","lastname":"Holt","middlename":"Fox","suffix":null,"token":"F0g9s290HW"},"token":"jennifer_fox_holt"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_4","officedescription":"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.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on countywide matters \u2014 budget, taxes, land use, services, and intergovernmental issues \u2014 within Tennessee county-government law.\n- Budget literacy: the commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, and authorizes multi-year bond issues.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on resolutions and ordinances; committee work that pre-screens items.\n- Constituent relations in the district \u2014 case-work and community issues flow through the commissioner's office.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual continuing education through UT CTAS.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Commissioner","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":3,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-20","title":"grainger County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://tnsos.org/elections/ballots/746.pdf"},"title":"County Commission District 4"}