Jerri Green

Background

Green is a Memphis City Council member and public defender who won the Democratic nomination for governor in August 2026. She has lived in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, and has worked in the judicial, legislative and executive branches, according to WSMV.

Sources: WSMV

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• Campaign priorities

  Her campaign identifies support for working families, fully funding public schools, expanding health-care access and protecting fundamental freedoms as priorities.

  Jerri Green campaign website

• Gun policy

  Her campaign platform calls for universal background checks on gun sales, red-flag laws, closing domestic-violence loopholes and restoring training and testing requirements.

  WSMV

• Data centers

  Green said she would pause approval of new data centers until Tennessee assesses their effects on communities and natural resources.

  WKNO