{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Cile T.  Alexander","chatgptsummary":"Cile T. Alexander's biography shows she filed with required signatures and was approved as a candidate for the Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee in March 2026. The record does not indicate prior experience serving on party governance bodies or experience coordinating with county-level committees.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nCile T. Alexander is a Republican candidate for Tennessee State Executive Committeewoman, District 16 (Coffee, DeKalb, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, and Warren counties), on the August 6, 2026 primary ballot [1]. Alexander, of Winchester, filed with 6 of 6 required signatures and was approved as a qualified candidate as of the Tennessee Republican Party's March 24, 2026 filing deadline [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Candidates for Republican State Executive Committee as of March 24, 2026](https://sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com/s3fs-public/document/TNGOPSEC_Filed_2026-03-24.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-20","firstname":"Cile","lastname":"Alexander","middlename":"T.","suffix":null,"token":"SI9bgRhlkl"},"token":"cile_t_alexander"},{"candidatename":"Iva Michelle Smith","chatgptsummary":"Smith's biography confirms she is a Republican candidate for District 16 who met the March 10, 2026 filing deadline. The record does not document prior intra-party governance roles, knowledge of party rules, or coordination with county committees. Bio does not indicate experience in ballot-access requirements or state election law interaction.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nIva Michelle Smith is a Republican candidate for Tennessee State Executive Committee, District 16 [1]. She qualified for the ballot by meeting the filing deadline of March 10, 2026, at noon [1]. The election for this office is scheduled to take place after May 11, 2026.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Candidate Lists | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists)","firstname":"Iva","lastname":"Smith","middlename":"Michelle","suffix":null,"token":"dEDRZM6vat"},"token":"iva_michelle_smith"},{"candidatename":"Victoria Broderick","chatgptsummary":"Victoria Broderick's biography shows relevant intra-party governance experience as former Lincoln County Democratic chair and affiliation with the Tennessee Democratic Party. She also demonstrates knowledge of party rules through her 2024 and 2026 congressional campaigns and social media outreach. Bio does not indicate prior State Executive Committee service or specific ballot-access litigation experience.","notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nVictoria Broderick is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee's 4th Congressional District, running in the August 6, 2026, Democratic primary [1][3]. She previously ran for the same seat in 2024, when Republican incumbent Scott DesJarlais won the general election [1][4]. Her 2026 campaign emphasizes \"safety, affordability, freedom, and equity,\" and she lists positions including \"Pro-Impeachment, Anti-Corruption, Anti-Oligarchy, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Anti-ICE\" [2].\n\n## Background and education\nBroderick is from Fayetteville, in Lincoln County [1]. She was born in Tampa, Florida, earned a high school diploma from Lincoln County High School, and received a bachelor's degree from Austin Peay State University in 2015 [4]. She says her political activism began in 2021 after personal reproductive-health experiences, including \"a surprise pregnancy, loss, and then another,\" around the time of the Dobbs decision [2].\n\n## Career\nBroderick's career experience includes work as a technology professional and sourcing coordinator [4]. She launched an educational social-media outlet, \"The Friendly Neighborhood Liberal,\" and served as Lincoln County Democratic chair [2]. She has been affiliated with the Lincoln County Humane Society and the Tennessee Democratic Party [4].\n\n## Family\nBroderick is a mother of two young boys, a foster with her local humane society, and describes herself as \"a proud member of the LGBTQAI+ community\" [1][2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Tennessee's redrawn congressional districts: full 2026 candidate guide (NewsChannel5)](https://www.newschannel5.com/news/tennessees-redrawn-congressional-districts-a-full-guide-to-every-candidate-running-in-2026) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[2] [Victoria Broderick \u2014 Courage for Democracy candidate page](https://couragefordemocracy.com/candidate/victoria-broderick/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[3] [BRODERICK, VICTORIA \u2014 Candidate overview (FEC)](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4TN04270/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[4] [Victoria Broderick (Ballotpedia)](https://ballotpedia.org/Victoria_Broderick) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","firstname":"Victoria","lastname":"Broderick","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"wXwbI1GoQt"},"token":"victoria_broderick"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"party_exec_committee","o.office":null,"office":"tn_exec_committeewoman_16","officedescription":"The State Executive Committee is the elected governing body of a Tennessee political party (Democratic or Republican). It is a party-organization office, not a government office \u2014 its members set party rules and organization, and are chosen by voters in that party's primary.","officequalities":"- Intra-party governance: the State Executive Committee is the elected governing body of a Tennessee political party, not a public office that legislates or administers government.\n- Working knowledge of party rules, conventions, ballot-access requirements, and how the party interacts with state election law.\n- Coordination with the party chair and county-level party committees.\n- This is a partisan party-organization role; voters in the party's primary choose the committee members. The qualities here describe party-organization fit, not government competency.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"State Executive Committee","partisan":1,"pgr":"primary","quantity":null,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"TN State Executive Committeewoman District 16"}