{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"MIKE ESSICK","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"MIKE","lastname":"ESSICK","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"XS5ElG6WiR"},"token":"mike_essick"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"constable","o.office":null,"office":"constable_district_1","officedescription":"A constable is an elected peace officer for a district within the county. In Tennessee the office's authority varies widely by county \u2014 in some it retains law-enforcement and civil-process powers, in others the role is limited or largely inactive.","officequalities":"- Knowledge of legal process service: serving civil papers and executing court orders where authorized.\n- Peace-officer training where the county grants law-enforcement authority.\n- Integrity and accountability, given that the office carries a badge and, in some counties, arrest authority.\n- Availability to the district \u2014 a district-level office residents may call on directly.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Constable","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-20","title":"johnson County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/912cbbed-783e-416f-a869-13037d143c49/Sample%20Ballot-August%206%2C%202026-c878fec.pdf"},"title":"Constable District 1"}