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2 candidates are tracked for School Board District 5 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Jessica Meyers Shaffer and Jacqueline A. Burton. Candidate information follows official Montgomery County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Incumbent Jimmie Garland is not on the August ballot: Jacqueline Burton unseated him in the May Democratic primary, per Clarksville Now. On Montgomery County's August 6, 2026 county general ballot, per the Election Commission's certified qualified-candidates list. County offices are decided at this election; the printed ballot also provides a write-in line. RESULTS ARE IN: this race was decided on August 6, 2026. Totals from the county Election Commission are unofficial until the county canvass, due no later than Monday, August 24 (Tenn. Code 2-8-101); Tennessee has no automatic recount. This seat is elected by district; only your district appears on your printed ballot. Confirm your district with the Montgomery County Election Commission.
Republican
Jessica Meyers Shaffer is the Republican nominee for School Board District 5 on Montgomery County's August 6, 2026 ballot, per the Election Commission's certified qualified-candidates list.
Democratic
Won the Democratic nomination by defeating incumbent Jimmie Garland in the May primary, per Clarksville Now's primary results coverage.