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Contest for County Trustee (Republican Primary)
County
Hamilton County
primary - Partisan - County Trustee
About this office
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Financial trustworthiness: the Trustee is the county's banker and custodian of tax revenue, handling several hundred million dollars of property-tax collections annually for Shelby County.
- Working knowledge of Tennessee property-tax law, including tax-relief programs for seniors, disabled residents, and veterans, plus the city/county dual collection structure for Memphis-area taxpayers.
- Investment and cash-management competence for county funds under state-law constraints.
- Monthly settlement and reporting discipline (collections settle by the 10th of each month).
- Accessible customer service for taxpayers paying bills, disputing assessments, or seeking relief; ability to administer a large, partly-online operation.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
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Republican Primary
1 candidate
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