Sumner County Commissioner
Representing District 19: the county budget, roads, schools, and growth. The decisions closest to home.
Shannon Burgdorf for Sumner County
Conservative values. Common sense. Your neighbor who tells it to you straight.
Candidate for
County Commissioner · District 19
Republican State Executive Committeewoman
On the ballot
Two ways I'm asking to serve
Republican State Executive Committeewoman
Representing Senate District 18 Republicans, in Sumner and Trousdale counties, on the party's state governing committee: inspiring the next generation of GOP policymakers and keeping the party true to its grassroots.
August 6
Vote twice for Burgdorf
Shannon is on your ballot twice: at the top for Republican State Executive Committeewoman, and at the bottom for County Commissioner, District 19. Mark her name both times.
Early voting July 17–August 1 · Election day August 6
Meet Shannon
Plainspoken. From here. For here.
I'm Shannon Burgdorf. My husband and I have lived in Sumner County since 1997, where we raised our four sons. We have five grandchildren, with three generations of my family living in Trousdale and Sumner counties. For the past four years I've served on the county commission doing the work that doesn't make headlines: budgets, roads, audits, and ethics. I'm asking to keep doing it, because the job isn't finished.
Before I held office I was a stay-at-home mother running a one-income household with four boys. I managed every penny, and I learned to tell the difference between needs and wants. On the commission I've served on ten committees and chaired three. In 2025 I earned my Certified County Financial Officer certificate, a 13-month program run by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. A commissioner's first job is the county budget. I wanted to be trained for it.
- Sumner County since 1997
- 7th generation Tennessean
- Wife, mother of four, grandmother of five
- Certified County Financial Officer
- Chairman, Financial Management
- Chairman, Committee on Committees
Where I stand
My priorities for Sumner County
Straight from me: what I'll work on and why it matters.
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2026
Statement
Why I'm running
Most people won't run for office. It takes time away from family, and the negativity that comes with politics keeps good people on the sidelines. I understand that. But the work still has to get done, and somebody has to be willing to do it.
I've served on the Sumner County Commission for four years. In that time we balanced the budget, paid down tens of millions in debt, cut taxes, gave every county employee a raise, and put $20 million toward paving every county road. I'm running to finish that work.
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