{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Trena Jones","chatgptsummary":"Trena Jones's biography shows relevant experience working on staff in the Tipton County Register of Deeds office alongside the current register. This background suggests familiarity with local recording workflows and public-access service duties. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate prior experience managing county budgets or implementing modern electronic submission systems for title companies.","notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTrena Jones is the Independent candidate for Register of Deeds in Tipton County, Tennessee, in the August 6, 2026 general election, running against Republican Party nominee Stephanie A. Presley[1].\n\n## Career\nJones has worked on staff in the Tipton County Register of Deeds office, alongside Register Claudia Peeler[2].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Official Sample Ballot, Tipton County, August 6, 2026 General Election](https://cms4files.revize.com/tiptoncounty/Site%20Setup/document_center/Elections/2026_August%20GE_Sample%20Ballot.pdf)\n- [2] [Register of Deeds \u2013 Tipton County](https://tiptonco.com/government/register_of_deeds/index.php)","firstname":"Trena","lastname":"Jones","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"ZXLDMsvnj1"},"token":"trena_jones"},{"candidatename":"Stephanie A. Presley","chatgptsummary":"Stephanie A. Presley is the Republican nominee for Register of Deeds in Tipton County. Her biography confirms her candidacy but does not indicate prior experience managing land records or knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes. Bio does not indicate relevant administrative experience or technology literacy.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nStephanie A. Presley is the Republican Party nominee for Register of Deeds in Tipton County, Tennessee, in the August 6, 2026 general election[1].\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Official Sample Ballot, Tipton County, August 6, 2026 General Election](https://cms4files.revize.com/tiptoncounty/Site%20Setup/document_center/Elections/2026_August%20GE_Sample%20Ballot.pdf)","firstname":"Stephanie","lastname":"Presley","middlename":"A.","suffix":null,"token":"PGncAOy33E"},"token":"stephanie_a_presley"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"register_of_deeds","o.office":"register","office":"register","officedescription":"The register of deeds maintains the county's permanent public record of real-property instruments \u2014 deeds, mortgages, liens, and plats \u2014 and collects the state transfer and mortgage taxes on them. The record the office keeps is the legal backbone of property ownership.","officequalities":"- Records management of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes, the recording-tax schedule, and the increasingly-electronic submission workflow used by title companies.\n- Accuracy and indexing discipline \u2014 an error in the register's records can cloud title for years.\n- Public-access service: the records are open, and the office serves both professional users and individual property owners.\n- Budget and technology literacy for maintaining a searchable, modern record system.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Register","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":"Register of Deeds"}