2026 Tennessee governor's race

Incumbent: Bill Lee (Republican) · not seeking re-election in this race

A"Adam "Ditch" KurtzDemocratic Party (United States)7%

CACarnita AtwaterDemocratic Party (United States)7%

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Implied chance of winning — live Polymarket prices

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Where they stand

Expand an issue for what they've actually said, cited

Issue	Kurtz	politician)
	Unknown	Supports harsher penalties
	Unknown	Supports stricter penalties
Housing costs	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Supports vouchers/ESAs
	Unknown	Supports parent authority
	Unknown	Supports restrictions
Energy production	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Supports ID requirement
	Unknown	Protect Kids - No Transition
	Unknown	Supports restriction
Election integrity: mail ballots	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Opposes LGBT causes
	Unknown	Supports strict enforcement
	Unknown	Supports tax cuts
	Unknown	Opposes new gun limits
Sanctuary jurisdictions (federal)	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Supports spending cuts
	Unknown	Opposes larger gov role
	Unknown	Supports deregulation
EV mandates (federal)	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Merit Driven - No DEI
	Unknown	Opposes legalization
Social Security & Medicare (federal)	Unknown	Unknown
Free speech & tech censorship (federal)	Unknown	Unknown
Congressional term limits (federal)	Unknown	Unknown
Congressional stock trading (federal)	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Opposes forgiveness
China & trade (federal)	Unknown	Unknown
	Unknown	Supports aid to Israel
	Unknown	Opposes aid to Ukraine

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