{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Alex Knight","chatgptsummary":"The biography identifies Alex Knight as an Independent candidate for Constable District 8 in Tipton County but provides no details regarding prior service in legal process or peace-officer training. It does not mention any disciplinary records or controversies. Bio does not indicate relevant law-enforcement experience or specific knowledge of civil service procedures.","notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAlex Knight is an Independent candidate for Constable, District 8, in Tipton County, on the August 6, 2026 general-election ballot [1]. Tipton County's roster of elected and appointed officials lists a constable seat as vacant because no candidate ran for it in the 2024 election cycle [2].\n\n## Sources\n[1] Tennessee Secretary of State 2026 candidate lists, accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] [Elected and Appointed Officials of Tipton County](https://cms4files.revize.com/tiptoncounty/Site%20Setup/document_center/ELECTED_APPOINTED_OFFICIALS.pdf) - Tipton County government, accessed 2026-07-06 (district-8 attribution not independently confirmed with full certainty)","firstname":"Alex","lastname":"Knight","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"6KvqmoyxL7"},"token":"alex_knight"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":"8","districtgroup":"county_commission","districtgroupname":"County Commission","districtname":"District 8","job_type":"constable","o.office":"constable_district_8","office":"constable_district_8","officedescription":"A constable is an elected peace officer for a district within the county. In Tennessee the office's authority varies widely by county \u2014 in some it retains law-enforcement and civil-process powers, in others the role is limited or largely inactive.","officequalities":"- Knowledge of legal process service: serving civil papers and executing court orders where authorized.\n- Peace-officer training where the county grants law-enforcement authority.\n- Integrity and accountability, given that the office carries a badge and, in some counties, arrest authority.\n- Availability to the district \u2014 a district-level office residents may call on directly.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Constable District 8","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-06-29","title":"Tipton County, TN \u2014 Official Sample Ballot, August 6, 2026","url":"https://cms4files1.revize.com/tiptoncounty/Site%20Setup/document_center/Elections/2026_August%20GE_Sample%20Ballot.pdf"},"title":"Constable District 8"}