{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"JORDAN RING","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"D","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"JORDAN","lastname":"RING","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"EtT1N3bSTf"},"token":"jordan_ring"},{"candidatename":"TIM JONES","chatgptsummary":"Tim Jones's biography shows current service as an incumbent Sumner County Commissioner for District 23, demonstrating direct experience with county legislative processes and constituent relations. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate prior budget literacy or specific policy judgment on countywide matters like land use and taxes.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTim Jones is the incumbent Sumner County Commissioner for District 23 (the section of Hendersonville north of Highway 31) and the Republican Party nominee seeking re-election on the August 6, 2026 ballot, facing Democrat Jordan Ring [1][2]. He won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 356 votes [3].\n\n## Office history\nJones is listed among the sitting Sumner County Commissioners representing District 23 [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Federal and State Primary, State Judicial and Sumner County General Elections Sample Ballot](https://www.votesumnertn.org/uploads/files/884379eec0cf6e5fb6f5678acff70a3783bde79d.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[2] [Tim Jones \u2014 Sumner County, Tennessee Government](https://sumnercountytn.gov/tim-jones/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22\n[3] [Sumner County elections: Who's ahead in the May 5 primary's key races](https://www.aol.com/articles/sumner-county-elections-whos-ahead-204532050.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","firstname":"TIM","lastname":"JONES","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"f1irVXTCLo"},"token":"tim_jones"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_23","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":"sumner County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://www.votesumnertn.org/uploads/files/b131fe1092a6465a92a366ccaf28782e09dcabe8.pdf"},"title":"County Commission District 23"}