{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Larry Crawford","chatgptsummary":"Larry Crawford's biography shows incumbent status as a Sullivan County Commissioner for District 10, indicating familiarity with local legislative processes and constituent relations. No controversies or disciplinary records appear in the provided text. Bio does not indicate experience in budget literacy regarding multi-year bond issues or state-mandated continuing education through UT CTAS.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nLarry Crawford is the incumbent Sullivan County Commissioner for District 10, on the ballot in 2026 [1]. He was profiled in a Q&A candidate feature by the Kingsport Times News in April 2026 [2] and appeared at a Republicans of Kingsport candidate forum in March 2026 [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] Kingsport Times News, \"Larry Crawford, Sullivan County Commission District 10 candidate,\" March 3, 2026\n[2] Kingsport Times News, \"Q&A with Larry Crawford,\" April 11, 2026\n[3] Kingsport Times News, \"Republicans of Kingsport hosts Sullivan County Commission candidates,\" March 2, 2026","firstname":"Larry","lastname":"Crawford","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"Txm69c98rD"},"token":"larry_crawford"},{"candidatename":"Lakie Derrick","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Lakie","lastname":"Derrick","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"wnVNokzqMp"},"token":"lakie_derrick"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_10","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":"primary","quantity":2,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-19","title":"sullivan County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://www.scelect.org/aug2026gensampleballot.pdf"},"title":"County Commission District 10"}