{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Kathryn Passons Adcock","chatgptsummary":"Kathryn Passons Adcock's biography shows relevant experience as an incumbent White County Trustee since 2018, directly addressing duties to collect property taxes and administer relief programs for seniors, disabled residents, and veterans. She has maintained payment records and informed taxpayers about income-based tax relief during her tenure. No controversies or disciplinary records appear in the provided text. Bio does not indicate prior investment management experience or specific knowledge of Tennessee property-tax law beyond current office duties.","notes":null,"party":"I","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nKathryn Passons Adcock is the incumbent White County Trustee, seeking reelection in the 2026 general election.[1][2] She was first elected trustee in 2018 and reelected in 2022.[2]\n\n## Background and education\nA lifelong White County resident, Adcock grew up on a farm in the Hickory Valley community, where she says she learned \"hard work, to have compassion for others, and to cherish the closeness of family.\"[2] She attended Doyle Elementary School and White County middle and high schools, then earned an education degree from Tennessee Technological University in 1993.[2]\n\n## Career\nAdcock taught at White County Middle School for 25 years before her 2018 election as trustee.[2] As trustee, she is responsible for collecting county property taxes, maintaining payment records, and informing qualified taxpayers about income-based tax relief programs for seniors, people with disabilities, and disabled veterans.[1][2]\n\n## Sources\n[1] White County, TN \u2014 Staff Directory, Kathryn P. Adcock: https://www.whitecountytn.gov/directory.aspx?EID=58\n[2] Main Street Journal \u2014 \"County Trustee Candidate: Kathryn Passons Adcock\": https://www.mainstreetjournal.llc/election-2026-kathryn-passons-adcock-county-trustee/\n","firstname":"Kathryn","lastname":"Adcock","middlename":"Passons","suffix":null,"token":"b0HWnzGLjV"},"token":"kathryn_passons_adcock"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"trustee","o.office":null,"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":"County Trustee","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-20","title":"white County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://www.whitecountytnvotes.gov/_files/ugd/fb005c_1f7dd14e02f64a8284da79e9b9c03625.pdf"},"title":"County Trustee"}