{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"ADAM ISSA","chatgptsummary":"Adam Issa's biography shows current service on the Sumner County Regional Planning Commission, demonstrating familiarity with local land use and intergovernmental processes relevant to county governance. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate experience in budget approval, tax rate setting, or constituent case work.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAdam Issa is the Republican Party nominee for Sumner County Commission District 6, facing independent candidate Kecia Ray on the August 6, 2026 ballot [1]. He won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 636 votes [2].\n\n## Office history\nIssa serves on the Sumner County Regional Planning Commission [3].\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] [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\n[3] [Sumner County Regional Planning Commission Agenda, November 18, 2025](https://sumnercountytn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/111825-PC-Agenda.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-22","firstname":"ADAM","lastname":"ISSA","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"RMfX9MTSN4"},"token":"adam_issa"},{"candidatename":"KECIA RAY","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"KECIA","lastname":"RAY","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"AAcjrDfJof"},"token":"kecia_ray"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_commissioner","o.office":null,"office":"county_commission_district_6","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 6"}