{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"CHELSIE L. SUMMEY","chatgptsummary":"Chelsie Summey's biography shows relevant experience as chief deputy in the Washington County Register of Deeds office and a Certified Public Administrator credential from the University of Tennessee. No controversy or disciplinary record appears in the provided text. Bio does not indicate prior budget management experience or specific technology literacy for modernizing record systems.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nChelsie Summey is a Republican candidate for Washington County Register of Deeds on the Aug. 6, 2026 general-election ballot; she picked up her candidate petition on Dec. 22, 2025 [1][2].\n\n## Career\nSummey is the chief deputy in the Washington County Register of Deeds office [3]. In 2025 she was named a Certified Public Administrator through a program run by the University of Tennessee's County Technical Assistance Service [3].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [PETITION PICKUP FOR MAY 5, 2026 COUNTY PRIMARY \u2014 Washington County Election Commission](https://www.wcecoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MAY-02172026.pdf) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] [Register of Deeds \u2014 Washington County, TN](https://www.washingtoncountytn.org/230/Register-of-Deeds) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[3] [Washington County deputy clerk obtains top certification \u2014 Johnson City Press](https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/local-news/washington-county-deputy-clerk-obtains-top-certification/article_5fb55c78-e98f-43cd-ace2-707b5b94bc76.html) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06","firstname":"CHELSIE","lastname":"SUMMEY","middlename":"L.","suffix":null,"token":"KY031rVPl2"},"token":"chelsie_l_summey"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"register_of_deeds","o.office":null,"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 of Deeds","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-02","title":"Washington County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"http://www.wcecoffice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Full-Sample-Ballots.pdf"},"title":"Register Of Deeds"}