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Contest for County Trustee
County
Fayette County
primary - Partisan - County Trustee
About this office
The Fayette County Trustee serves as the county's banker and as its billing-and-collection agent for property taxes. Duties include billing and collecting county property taxes, investing county funds, settling tax collections by the 10th of each month, and administering tax-relief programs for senior, disabled, and veteran property owners. Duties are set by the Tennessee Constitution and state law; the office is limited to two consecutive four-year terms.
Term length: 4 years.
This role calls for
- Financial trustworthiness: the Trustee is the county's banker and custodian of tax revenue.
- Working knowledge of Tennessee property-tax law, including tax-relief programs for seniors, disabled residents, and veterans.
- 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.
Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.
Campaigns
Republican Primary
1 candidate
Charles A. Mcnab
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Incumbent Fayette County Trustee, responsible for collecting county property taxes and administering tax-relief programs. Listed in the UT County Technical Assistance Service directory as the county Trustee. Has filed Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest forms in the County Trustee capacity in 2024, 2025, and 2026. Bio does not indicate prior banking, investment-management, or financial-services background outside the trustee office itself; additional career detail and education were not located in public searches of Ballotpedia, local news, or Facebook.