{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Angie Byers","chatgptsummary":"Angie Byers' biography shows current service as Madison County Register of Deeds since 2016, indicating familiarity with local recording workflows and public access duties. No controversy or disciplinary record appears in the provided text. Bio does not indicate specific experience with Tennessee recording statutes or budget management for modern technology systems.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAngie Byers is a Republican candidate for Madison County Register of Deeds in the August 6, 2026 general election.\n\n## Office history\nByers was elected Madison County Register of Deeds in 2016, defeating opponent Merriweather in that race [1][2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] The Jackson Sun, \"Byers, Merriweather face off in register race,\" July 13, 2016.\n[2] The Jackson Sun, \"Byers captures county register of deeds,\" August 4, 2016.","firstname":"Angie","lastname":"Byers","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"U6hr8Ytbic"},"token":"angie_byers"}],"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":"2026-07-19","title":"madison County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://madisoncountytn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18013"},"title":"Register Of Deeds"}