{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Terry Marek","chatgptsummary":"Terry Marek's biography shows current service on a Democratic State Executive Committee, demonstrating some legislative process familiarity and constituent relations through party organization work. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate experience with county budget approval, property tax rate setting, or Tennessee county-government law specific to commissioners.","notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nTerry Marek serves as a Democratic State Executive Committee member for District 4 [1]. He is a candidate in the 2026 Tennessee Democratic State Executive Committee primary election [1]. The qualifying deadline for this race was March 10, 2026, at noon [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Candidate Lists | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists)","firstname":"Terry","lastname":"Marek","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"oOfUeAbaS6"},"token":"terry_marek"},{"candidatename":"Hunter Woodall","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Hunter","lastname":"Woodall","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"HxFEsi1HTX"},"token":"hunter_woodall"},{"candidatename":"Don Thompson","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"Don","lastname":"Thompson","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"PZZVNtuWib"},"token":"don_thompson"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_1","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":1,"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 1"}