Clarksville, Tennessee sample ballot 2026

Golden previously worked as Environmental Health Manager for Martinrea and as Health and Safety Manager for the City of Clarksville before becoming Montgomery County Mayor, per the campaign site. He also served the community as a firefighter and EMT and was named YMCA Volunteer of the Year in 2016. Under his first term, the county created the Montgomery County Fire Department and opened new schools and parks.

Data-systems professional who has spent eight years leading teams designing solutions for complex data systems, per Clarksville Now's campaign announcement. Worked his way through Volunteer State Community College and Tennessee Tech, and volunteers with the Clarksville-Montgomery Voting Alliance, per the same announcement.

Foster parent who has fostered teens in the community for four years, per her responses in Clarksville Now's candidate Q&A. Argues the county has taken on irresponsible bond debt and should pause non-essential capital projects, per the same Q&A.

Law enforcement officer with over 32 years of experience, beginning with the Tennessee Department of Correction and then the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, where he worked corrections, road patrol, K-9, the drug task force and the special victims unit, per Clarksville Now's candidate Q&A.

Army veteran and 22-year law enforcement professional whose career spans the Greenbrier Police Department, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy and service as assistant director of the Tennessee POST Commission, per Clarksville Now's candidate Q&A.

Johnny M. Ransdell is a retired Clarksville Police Department officer whose 31-year career included the Fatal Accident Crash Team, Juvenile Engagement Team, Street Crimes Unit, Special Operations Unit and Major Crimes Unit, per Clarksville Now's candidate Q&A.

Runyon is a Clarksville real estate attorney with 22 years of legal experience who was elected Montgomery County Register of Deeds in September 2022, per her campaign site. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Martin and the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis, and serves as Vice President of the Middle Tennessee Register's Association and on the board of the County Officials Association of Tennessee, per her campaign site.

Marquita Bradshaw is a tenth-generation South Memphis resident and executive director of Sowing Justice, an environmental justice nonprofit, per the campaign site. The campaign site says her career has focused on environmental health, workers' rights, economic opportunity and public accountability, and describes her as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Tennessee.

Robert Jones is a small business owner and nonprofit executive director in Jonesborough, Tennessee, per the campaign site. He holds an MBA from East Tennessee State University, a master's degree in military history from Austin Peay State University and a doctorate in classics from the University of Newcastle, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he will not accept campaign donations and that money will not buy his support.

Yoshi D. Matthews earned a bachelor's degree in business with an accounting concentration from the University of Phoenix and is pursuing a master's in accountancy, per the campaign site. She founded the nonprofit FTP Nonprofit and has experience working with the public and with individuals with disabilities, per the campaign site.

Marsha Blackburn is Tennessee's senior U.S. senator, elected in 2018 as the first woman the state has sent to the Senate, per her campaign site. She entered public service in 1995 as executive director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission, won a Tennessee State Senate seat in 1998 where she led a grassroots campaign against a proposed state income tax, and later represented Middle and West Tennessee in the U.S. House. She is the Republican nominee for governor, having won the August 6 Republican contest with 43.55% (311,328 votes) in a three-way field, per the Tennessee Division of Elections.

• Voted yes on the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act, setting online safety and privacy requirements for platforms used by minors, which passed the Senate 91-3 in July 2024. Supported
• Voted no on the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring recognition of marriages that were valid where performed, which passed the Senate 61-36 in November 2022. Opposed
• Voted no on confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who was confirmed 53-47 in April 2022. Opposed

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.

Hatley grew up in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and started his first business at age twelve, opening his first retail store at eighteen, per the campaign site. He has built nine companies over 30 years, creating about 750 Tennessee jobs across manufacturing, industrial, retail and hospitality sectors, and holds 11 patents, per the campaign site. His company is described on the site as the top hot tub manufacturer in America, per the campaign site.

Lauren Pinkston is an independent candidate for Tennessee governor and former Lipscomb University professor. Her campaign presents a nonpartisan alternative focused on education, democracy, health care, public trust, and building a broader coalition outside the major-party primary system.

Robert C. Vick, whose certified name prints with the middle initial, is an independent candidate for Tennessee governor and educator. His campaign presents a faith-centered, independent message focused on education, families, public safety, and leadership outside the Republican and Democratic primary contests.

Misam Abidi, a Pakistani-American businessman with a background in retail, banking and emerging technology, is running as an independent for Tennessee governor, per his campaign site. His campaign describes itself as being about restoring balance between institutions and the citizens they serve, not left versus right.