{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Kristie Glass Maxwell","chatgptsummary":"Kristie Glass Maxwell's biography shows incumbent experience as Tipton County Trustee, directly addressing financial trustworthiness and property-tax collection duties. Her role as President-Elect of the County Officials Association of Tennessee suggests familiarity with state-level trustee networks. The record contains no documented controversies or disciplinary actions. Bio does not indicate specific experience administering tax-relief programs for seniors or veterans, nor detailed investment management under state-law constraints.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKristie Glass Maxwell is the incumbent Tipton County Trustee and a Republican candidate for the office in the 2026 county general election.[1][2]\n\n## Career\nMaxwell serves as Tipton County Trustee, the county office responsible for collecting property taxes and managing county funds.[1] She is President-Elect of the County Officials Association of Tennessee (COAT).[3]\n\n## Sources\n- [1] [Tennessee Trustee \u2013 Tipton County](https://tennesseetrustee.org/index.php?entity=tipton&state=TN&page=Y)\n- [2] [Election Notice \u2013 Tipton County](https://tiptonco.com/news_detail_T10_R36.php)\n- [3] [Kristie Maxwell \u2013 County Officials Association of Tennessee](https://tncountyofficials.com/kristie-maxwell/)","firstname":"Kristie","lastname":"Maxwell","middlename":"Glass","suffix":null,"token":"5xybHawPcj"},"token":"kristie_glass_maxwell"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"trustee","o.office":"trustee","office":"trustee","officedescription":"The trustee is the county's banker \u2014 collecting county property taxes, keeping and investing county funds, and disbursing money on the county's authority. It handles large sums of public money and is a fiduciary role.","officequalities":"- Financial trustworthiness: the trustee is the county's banker and custodian of tax revenue, handling the county's property-tax collections.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee property-tax law, including tax-relief programs for seniors, disabled residents, and veterans.\n- Investment and cash-management competence for county funds under state-law constraints.\n- Monthly settlement and reporting discipline.\n- Accessible customer service for taxpayers paying bills, disputing assessments, or seeking relief, and the ability to administer a partly-online operation.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Trustee","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":"County Trustee"}