{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Donnie Adams","chatgptsummary":"Donnie Adams's biography shows over two decades with the Sevier County Highway Department, including promotion to Assistant Road Superintendent and service as interim Road Superintendent, demonstrating direct public-works management experience. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate prior independent budget administration or engineering certification experience.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDonnie Adams is the Republican nominee for Sevier County Road Superintendent, having won the May 5, 2026 primary; with no Democratic or independent candidates filed, he is unopposed in the August 6, 2026 general election [2].\n\n## Career\nAdams has worked for the Sevier County Highway Department since 2003 and was promoted to Assistant Road Superintendent in 2022 [1]. He became interim Road Superintendent on September 1, 2025, following the prior superintendent's departure [1].\n\n## Office history\nThe Sevier County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to appoint Adams Road Superintendent on December 15, 2025, following a nomination and review process under Tennessee Code Annotated SS 5-5-111 and 54-7-104 [1]. He went on to win the May 5, 2026 Republican primary for a full term, defeating Tracie Widner, a Tennessee Department of Transportation project manager, 6,536 votes to 6,009 [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] Sevier County government, \"County Commission Appoints Donnie Adams as Road Superintendent,\" https://www.seviercountytn.gov/news_detail_T2_R183.php\n[2] The Mountain Press, \"Adams wins primary Sevier County Road Superintendent,\" https://www.themountainpress.com/news/adams-wins-primary-sevier-county-road-superintendent/article_96586012-0229-5321-a99e-76786d7fbc0d.html","firstname":"Donnie","lastname":"Adams","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"gpo3gkoe60"},"token":"donnie_adams"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"road_superintendent","o.office":null,"office":"road_superintendent","officedescription":"The road superintendent (highway superintendent or commissioner in some counties) runs the county highway department \u2014 building and maintaining county roads and bridges, managing crews and equipment, and administering the road budget. It is an operational public-works command.","officequalities":"- Public-works and infrastructure management: responsible for the county road and bridge network.\n- Budget and procurement: administering the highway budget and buying materials and equipment.\n- Personnel and equipment management: running road crews and a fleet.\n- Roadwork and engineering knowledge: overseeing construction and maintenance standards.\n- Prioritization across the county: allocating finite crews and funds across many roads.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Road Superintendent","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-19","title":"sevier County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://www.seviercountytn.gov/August%202026%20Gen.pdf"},"title":"Road Superintendent"}