{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Leslie Elkins Bickford","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Leslie","lastname":"Bickford","middlename":"Elkins","suffix":null,"token":"LSZmbTH3ex"},"token":"leslie_elkins_bickford"},{"candidatename":"Archie L Cryer","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Archie","lastname":"Cryer","middlename":"L","suffix":null,"token":"W3jZv3nbxv"},"token":"archie_l_cryer"},{"candidatename":"Melissa L. Fields","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Melissa","lastname":"Fields","middlename":"L.","suffix":null,"token":"pX7e6xCyer"},"token":"melissa_l_fields"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_5","officedescription":"A county commissioner is a member of the county's legislative body. The commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, authorizes borrowing, and passes county resolutions and ordinances. Commissioners are elected from districts (or at-large seats) to represent constituents on countywide policy.","officequalities":"- Policy judgment on countywide matters \u2014 budget, taxes, land use, services, and intergovernmental issues \u2014 within Tennessee county-government law.\n- Budget literacy: the commission approves the county budget, sets the property-tax rate, and authorizes multi-year bond issues.\n- Legislative process: drafting, amending, and voting on resolutions and ordinances; committee work that pre-screens items.\n- Constituent relations in the district \u2014 case-work and community issues flow through the commissioner's office.\n- Willingness to complete the state-required annual continuing education through UT CTAS.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Commissioner","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":2,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-21","title":"Stewart County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://stewartcountyelection.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/26-AUG-Stewart-Sample-Ballot-GEN.pdf"},"title":"County Commissioner District 5"}