Jerri Green
D · Tennessee · 2026Running for Governor, Tennessee
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Establish paid family leave, affordable child care, and a living wage for working families
- Fully fund K-12 classrooms and raise teacher pay instead of diverting dollars into private-school vouchers
- Expand Medicaid, especially in rural Tennessee, to keep rural hospitals open
Jerri Green is an attorney who represents District 2 on the Memphis City Council, elected in November 2023, and who the city's official council roster also lists as Shelby County's Chief Public Defender. She previously ran the Community Legal Center, which provides legal services to Memphians who cannot afford them, and served Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris as senior policy advisor and deputy chief of staff, where her work included a free gun-lock-by-mail program and a living wage for county employees, per the council roster and her campaign site. She is the Democratic nominee for governor, having won the August 6 Democratic contest with 69.05% (244,194 votes) in a five-way field, per the Tennessee Division of Elections.
Record in office
- Uses her city council and county government experience to frame her campaign around public services, public safety, and community investment.
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