Candidate · November 3, 2026
Andrew Gerena
On the ballot for U.S. Senate · Tennessee
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. Senate · Tennessee1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Independent1 |
| Status | Challenger |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Andrew Gerena's work experience includes military service, security, commercial trucking, information technology, food service, maintenance and scientific research.3 His military service included time at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and he earned an associate degree from Bryant & Stratton College in 2014.3,
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running because politics has drifted from basic principles, and that he believes officials have a duty to serve the American public rather than foreign governments or corporations.3
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitejeranimo4senate.org3,
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§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website calls for redirecting federal money from what it calls the war budget to education, infrastructure, research and job training.5
- Increase military spending
- Hold it near current levels, adjusted for inflation
- Cut military spending
His campaign website calls for cutting off military aid to any country suspected of war crimes and for separating the U.S. military and intelligence agencies from the Israeli government.5
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
His campaign website calls for repealing the Patriot Act and ending all public-facing mass surveillance systems.5
Veterans
His campaign website says veterans should be free to choose their health care providers.5
- Let veterans choose private doctors at the VA's expense whenever they prefer
- Write wait-time and drive-time limits into law, so veterans can use private care when the VA can't meet them
- Expand the VA's own hospitals and clinics, using private care mainly when the VA can't provide it
Energy and Climate
His campaign website calls for building modern nuclear and renewable power plants.5
Infrastructure and Transportation
His campaign website calls for building high-speed passenger rail across the country.5
- Expand funding for passenger rail, including new high-speed lines
- Fund repairs and current routes, without major new lines
- Cut federal rail funding or move Amtrak toward private operation
Environment and Public Lands
His campaign website calls for expanding protections for parks and wildlife.5
- Protect more land, such as with new national monuments or wilderness areas
- Keep roughly the current mix of protection and development
- Open more federal land to mining, logging and grazing
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website says the death penalty should be available, by jury decision only, for people convicted of child sex offenses or child trafficking.5
- Use it more often or for more crimes (for example, child rape or drug trafficking)
- Keep it as current law allows
- Pause executions (a moratorium)
- Abolish it
Technology, Privacy and AI
His campaign website says using AI to produce news and informational content about real people and events should be a felony.5
- Require government testing or licenses for the most powerful AI systems before they are released
- Set rules for specific risks and uses, such as deepfakes, hiring decisions and safety disclosures
- Rely mainly on existing laws, without new rules written for AI
§4Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
Senate candidates and senators file with the Senate's own disclosure system, which asks each visitor to agree to its terms before searching, so we can't link straight to a filing. You can search for Andrew Gerena at efdsearch.senate.gov6.