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Darden Copeland
Democratic · Tennessee · 2026Darden Copeland, of Nashville, is a businessman who founded and leads the public affairs firm Calvert Street Group after an earlier career as a campaign strategist, per his campaign site and the Tennessee Lookout. The Democratic nominee for November 3, he won the August 6 Democratic contest with 39.86% (16,641 votes) in a four-way field, per the Tennessee Division of Elections.
Priorities
- Affordability: price gouging, housing, drug prices, and child care, per the campaign site
- Ending corruption: a congressional stock-trading ban, no corporate PAC money, and term limits, per the campaign site
- Protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and keeping rural hospitals open, per the campaign site
On the ballot
U.S. House, TN-7 · Tennessee · 2026
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