Where do Cookeville candidates stand on taxes and spending?

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Governor of Tennessee. Misam Abidi (Independent): He supports eliminating Tennessee’s state sales tax on groceries. Marsha Blackburn (Republican): No public statement found in our sources. Dean Brewer (Independent): No public statement found in our sources. Ray Brown (Independent): He supports lowering grocery taxes while raising taxes on fast food. Jerri Green (Democratic): No public statement found in our sources. David Hatley (Independent): He supports eliminating Tennessee’s state sales tax on groceries, saying the lost revenue should be covered by reducing waste in the state budget. [web:fetch_url] 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): He is open to reducing grocery sales tax, saying the tax costs poorer residents a greater share of their income. Tennessee House of Representatives, District 25. Monica Mowdy (Democratic): She said she would seek to eliminate tax loopholes for large corporations and wealthy people, as well as what she called ineffective programs such as school vouchers. Mowdy said removing the state sales tax is a must and that everyone should have equal access to health care, education and economic opportunity. Cameron Sexton (Republican, incumbent): No public statement found in our sources. U.S. House, Tennessee District 6. Johnny Garrett (Republican): He says the federal government should balance its budget, citing his support for balanced budgets in Tennessee. He says he would seek to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent and expand them, and opposes taxing Social Security, tips, or overtime.