{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Charlie A. Caswell, Jr.","chatgptsummary":"Caswell won the August 2022 general election for District 6. He authored a book on community visibility and founded the 3V Leader movement. As CEO of Caswell Group Consulting, he creates trauma-informed organizations. He helped craft state legislation regarding adverse childhood experiences training for parents. Caswell serves on the Shelby County Board of Health and boards for Legacy of Legends CDC and Building Strong Brains TN. He was invited twice by the Obama Administration to Washington, D.C. Bio does not indicate budget literacy, legislative drafting experience, constituent case-work volume, or completion of UT CTAS continuing education.","notes":"","party":"D","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nCharlie A. Caswell Jr. ran for election to the Shelby County Board of Commissioners to represent District 6 in Shelby County, Tennessee. He won the general election on August 4, 2022. \n\nHe is a community activist with a heart for social justice for all people who have good leadership skills and customer service skills. He is the author of his first book \"How to Become More Visible, Vocal, and Valuable to your Community\", believing in sowing into the lives of our youth, and making the world a better place by working together with a collective impact approach. Charlie\u2019s desire is to help establish his \u201c7P's Community Collaboration\u201d in every school around the country. \n\nLongtime pastor and community activist Charlie Caswell knows there isn\u2019t a silver bullet for improving the lives of students in poverty in Shelby County, but he firmly believes he\u2019s come as close as possible to finding one. For Caswell, learning about childhood trauma changed his life. Studying adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, gave Caswell the language he needed to process his own childhood wounds. And it empowered him to become an ACEs evangelist, preaching to anyone who will listen \u2014 but especially to educators, school district leaders, and even governors \u2014 that awareness of childhood trauma can improve the lives of the most vulnerable students. Caswell worked with stakeholders across the state, to craft a bill signed into law that allows judges to require parents to attend ACEs training before they sign off on their divorce. \n\nToday, he is husband, father, community activist, author, entrepreneur, Outreach Pastor at Impact Church, Shelby County Commissioner, and recipient of many awards; 2021 Community Advocate of the Year, 2017 Visionary of the Year from Methodist Community Health Network, 2014 Frayser Humanitarian of the Year. \n\nWhen Charlie recognized his calling of revitalizing communities, collaborating with partners, and being the voice for the voiceless, 3V Leader was formed. 3V Leader is a movement for leaders to be Visible, Vocal, and Valuable in their community. \n\nThese efforts lead to him being invited twice by the Obama Administration to Washington, D.C, to help in efforts to build neighborhood capacity. \n\nCharlie is CEO of Caswell Group Consulting, which is a company with a focus on helping to create trauma-informed and trauma-responsive organizations and communities. \n\nHe serves on the Board of Directors of Legacy of Legends CDC, Shelby County Board of Health appointed by Mayor Lee Harris, Ladies in Need Can Survive (LINCS), S.O. What Foundation, and Building Strong Brains TN  Advisory Board. \n\nIn addition, Charlie is the founder of the first Rotary Club in the Raleigh-Frayser communities called \u201cRotary Northwest Shelby County\u201d. \n\nCharlie is the father of six children \u2013 Autumn, Destiny, Charlie III, Xzavia, Tiara, and Kiara and the husband of Mrs. Teresa Landrum-Caswell.\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n- **2025** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=CASWELL&id=93564&f=188770&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2025** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005 (Amended))](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=CASWELL&id=93564&f=188770&v=2) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n- **2024** \u2014 [County Commission (SS-8005)](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/view_form_8005.htm?name=CASWELL&id=93564&f=178488&v=1) \u2014 filed as a Shelby County official/candidate\n\n*Source: [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm). Scraped 2026-04-25.*\n","firstname":"Charlie","lastname":"Caswell","middlename":null,"suffix":"Jr","token":"0WIv9EsyMT"},"token":"charlie_a_caswell_jr"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":"6","districtgroup":"county_commission","districtgroupname":"County Commission","districtname":"District 6","job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":"county_commission_district_6","office":"county_commission_district_6","officedescription":"Shelby County Commissioners are the 13 members of the county's legislative body. Each represents a single-member district, and together they pass resolutions and ordinances, approve the annual county budget, set the property-tax rate, and set countywide policy. They attend regular Monday commission meetings and Wednesday committee meetings and must complete at least seven hours of continuing education each year through the UT County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS).\n\n**Salary:** $34,900/year ([Action News 5, Dec 2021](https://www.actionnews5.com/2021/12/21/pay-raises-approved-elected-officials-shelby-county/)).","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on countywide matters \u2014 budget, taxes, land use, services, intergovernmental \u2014 within Tennessee county-government law and the Shelby County Charter.\n- Budget literacy: the 13-member commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, and authorizes bond issues that span decades.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on resolutions and ordinances; chairing or sitting on committees that pre-screen items.\n- Constituent relations in a single-member district of roughly 70,000 residents \u2014 case-work and community issues flow through the commissioner's office.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required seven hours of annual continuing education through UT CTAS.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Commissioner District 6","partisan":1,"pgr":"primary","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"County Commissioner District 6"}