Where Cookeville candidates stand on health care and retirement
6 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)
Rural healthcare: He proposes strengthening rural hospitals where feasible and improving emergency access through emergency facilities, EMS, community health centers, mobile medicine and telehealth where a full hospital is not sustainable. (Main Street Media, “Main Street’s Q&A with independent governor candidates” (2026))
- 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)
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)
- David Hatley (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Wendell Jackson (Independent)
Housing and healthcare: He identifies housing stability and healthcare for all as campaign priorities. (Wendell Jackson for Tennessee Governor 2026)
- 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)
Rural healthcare: He wants to recruit hospitals and health providers, aiming for a hospital in every Tennessee county and better access to emergency care close to home. (Main Street Media, “Main Street’s Q&A with independent governor candidates” (2026))
- Robert C. Vick (Independent)
No public statement found in our sources.
Tennessee House of Representatives, District 25
- Monica Mowdy (Democratic)
No public statement found in our sources.
- Cameron Sexton (Republican, incumbent)
Campaign priorities: His campaign website lists jobs, education, health care, tax cuts and law and order among its core issues. (Herald-Citizen candidate questions, Tennessee House District 25)
Health care: On health care, his website advocates price and reimbursement transparency and reducing barriers to competition. (Herald-Citizen candidate questions, Tennessee House District 25)