{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Brad Peters","chatgptsummary":"Brad Peters' biography shows relevant experience as an incumbent Greene County commissioner and a finalist for town manager, indicating familiarity with local public administration and engineering. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate specific experience in drafting county ordinances or completing state-mandated continuing education through UT CTAS.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nBrad Peters, a Republican, is an incumbent Greene County commissioner seeking re-election in County Commission District 2 (three seats) on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot [1][2]. He advanced from the May 2026 Republican primary with 666 votes alongside Chase A. Murray and Travis Hoxie, and faces Democrat Joshua Franklin and independents Reagan Arrowood and Marie Marsh in the general election [3].\n\n## Background and career\nPeters has a professional background in municipal engineering and public works; he was among the finalists considered in the Town of Greeneville's city manager search process, reflecting his standing in local public administration [4]. District 2 comprises the Chuckey and Chuckey-Doak precincts [3].\n\n## Office history\nThe county's official listing shows Peters as a current District 2 commissioner [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [My Commissioners - Greene County, TN](https://www.greenecountytngov.com/my-commissioners/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Greene County Election Information / Sample Ballot, Aug. 6, 2026](https://www.greenecountytngov.com/election-information/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [County Commission Will See New And Familiar Faces After Tuesday's Primary - WGRV](https://wgrv.com/county-commission-will-see-new-and-familiar-faces-after-tuesdays-primary/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[4] [Brad Peters, Butch Patterson, Gary Carver Move Forward In Greeneville City Manager Search Process - WGRV](https://wgrv.com/brad-peters-butch-patterson-gary-carver-move-forward-in-greeneville-city-manager-search-process/) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"Brad","lastname":"Peters","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"4bRqjSpjTe"},"token":"brad_peters"},{"candidatename":"Reagan Arrowood","chatgptsummary":"Arrowood's biography shows high academic achievement as a salutatorian and active community involvement through sports and church youth programs. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary history. Bio does not indicate experience in budgeting, legislative drafting, or constituent case-work required for county governance.","notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nReagan Arrowood is an independent candidate for the Greene County Commission in the 2nd District on the August 6, 2026 county general-election ballot [1][2]. She turns 18 on Election Day itself, and would be among the youngest people ever to seek the office [1]. She frames her campaign around a \"fresh generational perspective,\" arguing that longtime officeholders' tenure has coincided with rising taxes, government expansion, and higher housing costs in the county [1].\n\n## Platform\nArrowood campaigns on limited government and individual rights [1]. Her stated priorities include preserving Greene County's rural character through low spending and taxes, attracting jobs and affordable housing for younger residents, and opposing what she characterizes as \"government overreach\" on issues such as monopolies and tiny-home regulations [1]. \"I feel government has specific things it should control and do well,\" she told the Greeneville Sun [1].\n\n## Background and education\nArrowood is a senior at South Greene High School, where she carries a 4.43 GPA and is her class salutatorian [1]. She is simultaneously enrolled as a sophomore at Walters State Community College, pursuing an associate degree in history and education, which she planned to complete before the election [1]. She is a three-sport varsity athlete \u2014 volleyball, basketball, and softball \u2014 and a member of Limestone Freewill Baptist Church, where she takes part in youth programs and competes in National Association of Free Will Baptists Bible memory competitions [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Reagan Arrowood is running as an independent for the County Commission in the 2nd District - Greeneville Sun](https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/reagan-arrowood-is-running-as-an-independent-for-the-county-commission-in-the-2nd-district/article_0184a6ec-7440-4ec1-ae2e-08e119a2ac44.html) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Greene County, TN - August 6, 2026 sample ballot](https://www.greenecountytngov.com/) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"Reagan","lastname":"Arrowood","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"tnNpmAfaNG"},"token":"reagan_arrowood"},{"candidatename":"Marie Marsh","chatgptsummary":"Marie Marsh's biography shows she founded a constable advocacy group and identifies as a conservative Christian constitutionalist, indicating experience in constituent relations and community organizing relevant to district representation. The record notes no controversies or disciplinary history. Bio does not indicate experience with county budgeting, legislative drafting, or intergovernmental policy within Tennessee law.","notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nMarie Marsh is an independent candidate for Greene County Commission District 2 (three seats) in the August 6, 2026 county general election, where she faces the three Republican nominees and other candidates [1][2]. She is the founder of the advocacy group \"Friends of the Constables,\" and constable advocacy is a central issue of her campaign [1]. She describes herself as a lifelong Republican voter and a conservative Christian and constitutionalist who chose to run as an independent [1].\n\n## Background\nMarsh lives on East Andrew Johnson Highway in Chuckey [1]. Her husband, Alan Marsh, treasurer of the Greene County Republican Party, sought a District 2 seat as a Republican in the May 2026 primary; explaining her own independent bid, Marie Marsh said, \"I'm running with my husband. We are one, but I am independent of my husband\" [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Husband And Wife Seek Election To Greene County Commission - WGRV](https://wgrv.com/husband-and-wife-seek-election-to-greene-county-commission/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [County Commission Will See New And Familiar Faces After Tuesday's Primary - WGRV](https://wgrv.com/county-commission-will-see-new-and-familiar-faces-after-tuesdays-primary/) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"Marie","lastname":"Marsh","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"l1t4gYKKJT"},"token":"marie_marsh"},{"candidatename":"Joshua Franklin","chatgptsummary":"Joshua Franklin's biography shows no prior elected or appointed office experience in Tennessee county government, nor any documented history of budget literacy, legislative drafting, or constituent case-work relevant to a County Commissioner role. The record does not indicate whether he has completed the state-required annual continuing education through UT CTAS. Bio does not indicate experience with Tennessee county law or local fiscal management.","notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nJoshua Franklin is a member of the Democratic Party and currently serves as a Tennessee Executive Committee Member for District 9 in the primary [1]. In 2026, he is running for election to the Loris City Council At-large position in South Carolina [1]. Franklin was previously on the ballot in the general election for this seat on November 4, 2025 [1].\n\n## Office history\n\nJoshua Franklin ran for election to the Loris City Council At-large in South Carolina and appeared on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025 [1]. Two seats were won outright by Kelli Gerald and Carroll D. Padgett Jr., while the remaining seat proceeded to a runoff on November 18, 2025 [1]. The provided sources do not specify whether Franklin was elected or lost in that race, nor do they list any other prior elected or appointed offices held by Franklin [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Joshua Franklin (Loris City Council At-large, South Carolina, candidate 2025) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Joshua_Franklin_(Loris_City_Council_At-large,_South_Carolina,_candidate_2025))","firstname":"Joshua","lastname":"Franklin","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"qGRVgavtew"},"token":"joshua_franklin"},{"candidatename":"Travis Hoxie","chatgptsummary":"Travis Hoxie's biography shows years of law-enforcement work resolving public conflicts, relevant to constituent relations and community issues for Greene County Commission District 2. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate experience with county budgeting, legislative drafting, or land use policy within Tennessee county-government law.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTravis Hoxie, a Republican, is a candidate for Greene County Commission District 2 (three seats) on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot, having received 552 votes to advance from the May 2026 Republican primary [1][2]. He has pointed to his law-enforcement work as distinguishing him from other candidates, saying he has spent years working with the public \"to help resolve conflict and find solutions to their problems\" [1].\n\n## Background and career\nHoxie, 46, is a school resource officer and deputy with the Greene County Sheriff's Department [1]. District 2 comprises the Chuckey and Chuckey-Doak precincts [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Travis Hoxie, candidate for the county commission in the 2nd District - Greeneville Sun](https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/travis-hoxie-candidate-for-the-county-commission-in-the-2nd-district/article_e07a16e3-a0f3-4cdd-b7b2-c05d32e08634.html) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [County Commission Will See New And Familiar Faces After Tuesday's Primary - WGRV](https://wgrv.com/county-commission-will-see-new-and-familiar-faces-after-tuesdays-primary/) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"Travis","lastname":"Hoxie","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"0iB4Lf4sKC"},"token":"travis_hoxie"},{"candidatename":"Chase A. Murray","chatgptsummary":"Chase A. Murray's biography shows incumbent service on the Greene County Commission and local teaching and pastoral roles relevant to constituent relations. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate experience in budget literacy or legislative drafting.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nChase A. Murray, a Republican, is an incumbent Greene County commissioner seeking re-election in County Commission District 2 (three seats) on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot [1][2]. He led the District 2 Republican primary field with 802 votes to advance to the general election [3].\n\n## Background and career\nMurray, 34, is an agriculture teacher at Chuckey-Doak High School and senior pastor at Cedar Grove Christian Church [1]. District 2 comprises the Chuckey and Chuckey-Doak precincts [1].\n\n## Office history\nThe county's official listing shows Murray as a current District 2 commissioner [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Chase A. Murray, an incumbent seeking reelection as county commissioner in the 2nd District - Greeneville Sun](https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/chase-a-murray-an-incumbent-seeking-reelection-as-county-commissioner-in-the-2nd-district/article_343250cf-44fc-45c2-a026-d2ef44e7a641.html) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [My Commissioners - Greene County, TN](https://www.greenecountytngov.com/my-commissioners/) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [County Commission Will See New And Familiar Faces After Tuesday's Primary - WGRV](https://wgrv.com/county-commission-will-see-new-and-familiar-faces-after-tuesdays-primary/) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"Chase","lastname":"Murray","middlename":"A.","suffix":null,"token":"ot1tBnpX6L"},"token":"chase_a_murray"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_2","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":"2026-07-19","title":"greene County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://www.greenecountytngov.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Sample-Ballot-August-6-2026-Election.pdf"},"title":"County Commissioner District 2"}