{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"PAMELA GRAVES AILOR","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nPamela Graves Ailor is the incumbent Union County Clerk, seeking reelection in the 2026 general election.[1]\n\n## Sources\n[1] UT County Technical Assistance Service \u2014 Tennessee County Clerks: https://www.ctas.tennessee.edu/csv-county-clerks\n","firstname":"PAMELA","lastname":"AILOR","middlename":"GRAVES","suffix":null,"token":"rQIfOO7Uea"},"token":"pamela_graves_ailor"},{"candidatename":"MARK A. MASSENGILE","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":null,"firstname":"MARK","lastname":"MASSENGILE","middlename":"A.","suffix":null,"token":"S00qKrj7BP"},"token":"mark_a_massengile"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"county_clerk","o.office":null,"office":"county_clerk","officedescription":"The county clerk handles a broad set of public transactions and records: marriage and business licenses, motor-vehicle titling and registration, notary commissions, and the official minutes of the county commission. It is a high-volume administrative and records office.","officequalities":"- Administration of motor-vehicle registration, license plates, marriage licenses, and business-tax registrations \u2014 a high-volume, public-facing operation.\n- Working knowledge of the Tennessee statutes governing each of those functions, which change regularly.\n- Customer-service capacity: the clerk's office is one of the most-visited county offices by ordinary residents.\n- Financial controls for collecting state and local fees and remitting them accurately.\n- Supervision of office staff handling high transaction volume, and technology and process management as more services move online.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"County Clerk","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-20","title":"union County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://www.unioncountytnvotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/TNUNNPG6_AbsWboxes-2perPage-Media_WM.pdf"},"title":"County Clerk"}