{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"FREIDA MAY","chatgptsummary":"Freida May's biography shows direct experience as Johnson County's Register of Deeds and recognition as the 2025 Register of the Year by the East Tennessee Register's Association, indicating familiarity with local recording duties and public service. The record contains no mention of disciplinary actions or controversies. Bio does not indicate specific experience with budget management or advanced technology literacy for modernizing electronic submission workflows.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nFreida May is the incumbent Register of Deeds for Johnson County, Tennessee, and appears on the August 6, 2026 county-general ballot [1]. She is challenged by Glenda C. Gentry and Pamela S. Brown [1].\n\n## Office history\nMay serves as Johnson County's Register of Deeds, the office responsible for recording and maintaining the county's land and property records [1].\n\n## Legislative record and accomplishments\nIn December 2025, May was named Register of the Year for 2025 by the East Tennessee Register's Association; the recognition was reported locally by The Tomahawk [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [County and City Officials - Johnson County Election Commission](https://jctnvote.com/county-and-city-officials) - accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Johnson County Register of Deeds Freida May named Register of the Year - The Tomahawk (Facebook)](https://www.facebook.com/TheTomahawkNewspaper/posts/johnson-county-register-of-deeds-freida-may-has-been-named-register-of-the-year-/1389955403141023/) - accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"FREIDA","lastname":"MAY","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"nh7Y0glrUV"},"token":"freida_may"},{"candidatename":"PAMELA S. BROWN","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"PAMELA","lastname":"BROWN","middlename":"S.","suffix":null,"token":"T4k9a2qrud"},"token":"pamela_s_brown"},{"candidatename":"GLENDA C. GENTRY","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"GLENDA","lastname":"GENTRY","middlename":"C.","suffix":null,"token":"ScwRe63UEk"},"token":"glenda_c_gentry"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"register_of_deeds","o.office":null,"office":"register","officedescription":"The register of deeds maintains the county's permanent public record of real-property instruments \u2014 deeds, mortgages, liens, and plats \u2014 and collects the state transfer and mortgage taxes on them. The record the office keeps is the legal backbone of property ownership.","officequalities":"- Records management of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes, the recording-tax schedule, and the increasingly-electronic submission workflow used by title companies.\n- Accuracy and indexing discipline \u2014 an error in the register's records can cloud title for years.\n- Public-access service: the records are open, and the office serves both professional users and individual property owners.\n- Budget and technology literacy for maintaining a searchable, modern record system.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Register of Deeds","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":"Register Of Deeds"}