Jerri Green

Her platform calls for ending the sales tax on groceries, diapers and menstrual products, paid for in part by closing corporate tax loopholes.⁶

1. Lower sales tax rates or stop taxing necessities such as groceries
2. Keep current sales taxes
3. Raise sales taxes or apply them to more goods and services, to replace other taxes or fund state programs

Her platform opposes state-imposed caps on local property taxes and proposes lowering property taxes for veterans based on their service-connected disability rating.⁶

Her platform opposes the state's private school voucher program and would put that money into public schools instead.⁶

1. Make them available to every family
2. Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
3. No public money for private school or homeschooling costs

Her platform calls for fully funding K-12 public education, raising teacher pay and adding school counselors, nurses and support staff.⁶

1. Increase state funding for public schools
2. Hold funding near current levels
3. Reduce state school funding or slow its growth

Her platform calls for honest, inclusive education rather than what it calls censorship and political theater.⁶

Her platform calls for expanding Medicaid to cover more working families and keep rural hospitals open.⁶

Her platform calls for legalizing marijuana for both medical and recreational use.⁶

1. Keep recreational use against the law
2. Reduce penalties for having small amounts, without legal sales
3. Let each state decide, with no federal penalties where a state allows it
4. Make it legal for adults to buy and use

Her platform says she would end the National Guard deployment in Memphis and reject further deployments in the state.⁶

1. Let the president send troops into cities, even over a governor's objection
2. Send troops only when a state's governor asks for them or agrees
3. Don't use troops for local policing, and limit the president's power to send them

Her platform calls for repealing Tennessee's near-total abortion ban, and says that on her first day she would sign an executive order so doctors can provide women's health care without fear of prosecution.⁶

Her platform calls for restoring access to contraception and protecting IVF and miscarriage care from state interference.⁶

Her platform calls for universal background checks on all gun sales.⁶

1. Require checks for all gun sales, including private sales (with exceptions such as gifts between family members)
2. Require checks for private sales at gun shows and online, but not other private sales
3. Keep current law, with checks required only for sales by licensed dealers

Her platform calls for red flag laws to prevent gun violence before it happens.⁶

1. Adopt more red flag laws, including a national one
2. Leave the choice to each state
3. Repeal existing red flag laws and adopt no new ones

Her platform calls for bringing back training and testing for gun owners, especially for concealed carry permits.⁶

Her platform says she would sign an executive order on her first day ending state and local law enforcement cooperation with ICE, and would sign another barring ICE from state buildings.⁶

Her platform says she would sign an executive order supporting a statewide data center moratorium, work to end state incentives for data centers, and make sure families do not pay for their power needs.⁶

1. Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
2. Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
3. Pause or limit new data centers

Her platform calls for specific AI rules, including digital watermarks on AI content, a right to appeal to a human when AI denies someone a job, an apartment or medical care, and a ban on AI in bail, sentencing and parole decisions.⁶

1. Require government testing or licenses for the most powerful AI systems before they are released
2. Set rules for specific risks and uses, such as deepfakes, hiring decisions and safety disclosures
3. Rely mainly on existing laws, without new rules written for AI

Her platform says she would fight and veto all anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.⁶

Her platform calls for expanding paid family and medical leave for parents and caregivers.⁶

Her platform proposes using $50 million in TANF funds to clear the child care waitlist and creating a child care and early education fund for households earning under $75,000 a year.⁶

Her platform calls for a real living wage.⁶

Her platform calls for prioritizing passenger rail across the state to connect its major cities.⁶

1. Expand funding for passenger rail, including new high-speed lines
2. Fund repairs and current routes, without major new lines
3. Cut federal rail funding or move Amtrak toward private operation