{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Corey Blevins","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Corey","lastname":"Blevins","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"tiOIqDV1vX"},"token":"corey_blevins"},{"candidatename":"Joanie Spangler","chatgptsummary":"Spangler's biography shows current service as Marion County Clerk, indicating familiarity with office operations and local statutes. No controversy or disciplinary record appears in the provided text. Bio does not indicate prior experience managing high-volume motor vehicle transactions or supervising large staff teams.","notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJoanie Spangler is the incumbent Marion County Clerk and the Democratic candidate for re-election on the August 6, 2026 county general ballot, where she faces Republican Corey Blevins [1][2]. She was the only candidate on the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary ballot for County Clerk [3].\n\n## Office history\nSpangler currently serves as the Marion County Clerk, with the clerk's office located at the county courthouse in Jasper [4][5].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [DECISION 2026: What's on the ballot in Marion County? (local3news.com)](https://www.local3news.com/local-news/decision/decision-2026-what-s-on-the-ballot-in-marion-county/article_55cd08e3-a2d9-4e9a-b93c-a85660ea2f05.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23\n[2] [Marion County Voters Preparing for August General Election (svalleynow.com)](https://svalleynow.com/2026/05/31/marion-county-voters-preparing-for-august-general-election/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23\n[3] [Official Ballot for Marion County Primary Election, May 5, 2026 (marionvotes.com)](https://marionvotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Marion-2026P-Newspaper.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23\n[4] [Joanie Spangler, County Clerk (UT CTAS)](https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/official/joanie-spangler) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23\n[5] [Office Holders (marioncountytn.net)](https://marioncountytn.net/office-holders) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-23","firstname":"Joanie","lastname":"Spangler","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"87HatvbfgK"},"token":"joanie_spangler"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_clerk","o.office":null,"office":"county_clerk","officedescription":"The county clerk handles a broad set of public transactions and records: marriage and business licenses, motor-vehicle titling and registration, notary commissions, and the official minutes of the county commission. It is a high-volume administrative and records office.","officequalities":"- Administration of motor-vehicle registration, license plates, marriage licenses, and business-tax registrations \u2014 a high-volume, public-facing operation.\n- Working knowledge of the Tennessee statutes governing each of those functions, which change regularly.\n- Customer-service capacity: the clerk's office is one of the most-visited county offices by ordinary residents.\n- Financial controls for collecting state and local fees and remitting them accurately.\n- Supervision of office staff handling high transaction volume, and technology and process management as more services move online.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Clerk","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-20","title":"marion County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://marionvotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Marion-Newspaper-8-6-26.pdf"},"title":"County Clerk"}