Candidate · November 3, 2026
Catherine Barcel "Barcy" Whitson
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.
Barcy Whitson worked in the insurance industry and has spent the last 20 years volunteering as a life coach, pastor and mentor.3 She lives in Chattanooga, where she and her husband have lived in the East Brainerd area for 40 years.3
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running to promote what Tennesseans want and to share the state's strengths with the rest of the country and the world, and that she is running on behalf of younger people who are too busy to run themselves.3
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitesenatorbarcy.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.
Infrastructure and Transportation
Her campaign website calls for mass transit connecting Tennessee's cities and for reviving a bullet train between Chattanooga and Atlanta.3
- 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
Health Care
Her campaign website says she would use the existing health care law to help people without group health benefits, work to lower prescription drug costs and protect rural hospitals.3
Education
Her campaign website says she would look for ways to pay off student debt so borrowers can build wealth.3
Housing
Her campaign website proposes partnering with churches and businesses to create tiny house communities for Tennesseans without homes.3
Family and Social Policy
Her campaign website says she would promote consistent, safe and affordable child care, along with care for impaired adults and the elderly.3
Immigration
Her campaign website says migrant farmworkers should be protected and able to stay without fear of deportation.3
§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 Catherine Barcel "Barcy" Whitson at efdsearch.senate.gov5.