Where Cookeville candidates stand on energy and utilities
4 sourced statements in 2 races. Every candidate in each race is listed, including those with nothing on record. Nobody is scored or ranked.
Governor of Tennessee
- Misam Abidi (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Marsha Blackburn (Republican)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Dean Brewer (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Ray Brown (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Jerri Green (Democratic)
Data centers: Green said she would pause approval of new data centers until Tennessee assesses their effects on communities and natural resources. (WKNO)
- David Hatley (Independent)
Data centers: He proposes a pause on new data-center approvals until Tennessee adopts rules, ending tax abatements and directing at least half of new data-center tax revenue to property-tax reductions in the host county. [web:fetch_url] (David Hatley campaign website)
- Wendell Jackson (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Lauren Pinkston (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Victor L. Scoggin (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Dave Seeman (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Karl Knox Smithson (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- L. Webb Taylor (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Charles Van Morgan (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Robert C. Vick (Independent)
Local control: He says automated license plate readers and data centers should be local decisions, with less state-government interference. (Main Street Media, “Main Street’s Q&A with independent governor candidates” (2026))
U.S. House, Tennessee District 6
- Johnny Garrett (Republican)
AI policy: He supports a national AI standard, protecting American intellectual property, and domestic energy infrastructure to power AI systems. (Johnny Garrett for Congress, Issues (2026 U.S. House District 6 campaign))