{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"LISA DUKE CROWELL","chatgptsummary":"Lisa Duke Crowell's biography shows current service as Rutherford County Clerk since late 2020 and recognition by state officials in November 2025, indicating familiarity with county operations. No controversy or disciplinary record appears in the provided text. Bio does not indicate specific experience managing high-volume motor-vehicle registration systems or detailed knowledge of Tennessee statutes governing business-tax registrations.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nLisa Duke Crowell is the Rutherford County Clerk, on the ballot for reelection in the Aug. 6, 2026 general election.\n\n## Career\nCrowell was already serving as Rutherford County Clerk by December 2020, when local coverage discussed her office's policy directing certain vehicle services to be handled outside the main office [1]. In November 2025 she was one of two Rutherford County officials recognized at the state County Officials Conference [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] The Daily News Journal, \"Rutherford County Clerk Lisa Duke Crowell requires vehicle services outside her office,\" Dec. 22, 2020\n[2] WGNS Radio, \"Two Rutherford County Leaders Recognized at Statewide County Officials Conference,\" Nov. 25, 2025","firstname":"LISA","lastname":"CROWELL","middlename":"DUKE","suffix":null,"token":"msQflRSK8o"},"token":"lisa_duke_crowell"}],"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":"2026-07-19","title":"rutherford County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://rutherfordcountytn.gov/uploads/dm/79850/Sample_Ballot_Rutherford_County_General_Aug_2026.pdf"},"title":"County Clerk"}