{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Jonathan Carroll","chatgptsummary":"Jonathan Carroll's biography shows relevant intra-party governance experience through service on the Shelby County Democratic Party executive committee since 2013 and the Tennessee Democratic Party state executive committee since 2022. He also demonstrates coordination skills via leadership roles in neighborhood associations and statewide PTA legislative affairs. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate experience with ballot-access requirements or formal party convention procedures.","notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nJonathan Carroll is a candidate for Tennessee Democratic State Executive Committeeman, District 33, in the August 6, 2026 primary [2]. He also ran for the Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education, District 9, in 2026, placing third among five candidates in the May 5, 2026 primary with 21.1% of the vote; incumbent Joyce Dorse-Coleman (32.3%) and Tamara Jordan (31.8%) advanced to the August 6 general election [1].\n\n## Background and education\nCarroll is a graduate of the University of Memphis and has lived in Memphis's Normal Station neighborhood since 1995, where he has served as president of the neighborhood association for four years; he works for SafeWays, an apartment-safety nonprofit [1]. (A former Illinois state representative of the same name, who resigned his Illinois House seat in January 2024, is a different person with no documented connection to Tennessee.)\n\n## Career\nCarroll has served on the Shelby County Democratic Party executive committee since 2013 and the Tennessee Democratic Party's state executive committee since 2022 [1]. In his school board campaign, he emphasized having no financial ties to Memphis-Shelby County Schools: \"I have never taken a paycheck directly or indirectly from the school system or worked for a contractor that does,\" he told Chalkbeat [1]. He led the Parent-Teacher Association at Middle College High School, where his son attended, for more than three years, and served for one year as legislative affairs chair of the statewide PTA [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Meet the Memphis-Shelby County Schools District 9 candidates](https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voter-guide-memphis-shelby-county-schools-board-election-district-9/) - Chalkbeat Tennessee, accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] Tennessee Secretary of State 2026 candidate lists - https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists (State Executive Committeeman, District 33)","firstname":"Jonathan","lastname":"Carroll","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"d6htdK6nmr"},"token":"jonathan_carroll"},{"candidatename":"Dewayne Jackson","chatgptsummary":"DeWayne Jackson's biography shows current service as a Tennessee State Executive Committeeman for District 33 and prior candidacy for Shelby County Probate Court Clerk, demonstrating intra-party governance experience and familiarity with election cycles. The record notes no controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate specific experience with party convention rules or state ballot-access requirements.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nDeWayne Jackson is a Republican Party member who serves as a Tennessee State Executive Committeeman for District 33 [1]. In the 2026 election cycle, he is running for Shelby County Probate Court Clerk in Tennessee [1]. This campaign follows his previous run for the same office in 2022, which ended with a loss in the general election on August 4, 2022 [1]. Jackson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey during that prior cycle [1].\n\n## Background and education\n\nDeWayne Jackson was born in Memphis, Tennessee [1]. He earned a graduate degree from Mid-South Community College in 2015 [1].\n\n## Career\n\nDeWayne Jackson earned a graduate degree from Mid-South Community College in 2015 [1]. His professional background includes working at Ruth Investments Inc. [1]. He also spent a number of years working in the waste management industry [1].\n\n## Office history\n\nDeWayne Jackson ran for election as Shelby County Probate Court Clerk in Tennessee as a Republican candidate [1]. He lost the general election held on August 4, 2022 [1].\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\n\nDeWayne Jackson\u2019s professional background includes work in the waste management industry and employment at Ruth Investments Inc.[1] He holds a graduate degree from Mid-South Community College, which he earned in 2015.[1]\n\nThe provided sources do not contain specific details regarding Jackson's family wealth source, ownership stakes in businesses, sales of companies, or significant financial disclosure facts.\n\n## Sources\n[1] [DeWayne Jackson (Shelby County Probate Court Clerk candidate, Tennessee) - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/DeWayne_Jackson_(Shelby_County_Probate_Court_Clerk_candidate,_Tennessee))","firstname":"Dewayne","lastname":"Jackson","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"B1hUvYn5w2"},"token":"dewayne_jackson"}],"choices":null,"description":"","district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"party_exec_committee","o.office":"tn_exec_committeeman_33","office":"tn_exec_committeeman_33","officedescription":"The State Executive Committee is the elected governing body of a Tennessee political party (Democratic or Republican). It is a party-organization office, not a government office \u2014 its members set party rules and organization, and are chosen by voters in that party's primary.","officequalities":"- Intra-party governance: the State Executive Committee is the elected governing body of a Tennessee political party (Democratic or Republican), not a public office that legislates or administers government.\n- Working knowledge of party rules, conventions, ballot-access requirements, and how the party interacts with state election law.\n- Coordination with the party chair and county-level party committees.\n- This is a partisan party-organization role; voters in the party's primary choose the committee members. The qualities framework here describes party-organization fit, not government competency.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"TN Exec Committeeman 33","partisan":1,"pgr":"primary","quantity":1,"referendum":"","source":null,"title":"State Executive Committeeman District 33"}