Governor, Tennessee
15 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, in the order the Candidate Lists, Tennessee Secretary of State (Governor_Nov2026.pdf, USSenate_Nov2026.pdf, USHouse_Nov2026.pdf at https://sos-prod.tnsosgovfiles.com/s3fs-public/document/) prints them (no date printed; each PDF is headed 'November 3, 2026 General Election' and the files were generated 2026-09-03 (PDF creation date)). Each has the same space. What each has said about data centers is as said, dated and sourced; nothing is ranked.
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Charles Van Morgan
Charles Van Morgan stated he supports statewide standards with data centers located only in communities where local voters approve them (as reported, October 2, 2026)
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Dave Seeman
Dave Seeman advocated for statewide moratorium to establish Environmental Justice Division within Department of Environment and Conservation to enforce facility standards and grid regulations (as reported, October 2, 2026)
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David Hatley
No public statement on data centers is on the record for David Hatley; the record has not yet searched for one.
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Dean Brewer
No public statement on data centers is on the record for Dean Brewer; the record has not yet searched for one.
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Eddie Lee Murphy
No public statement on data centers is on the record for Eddie Lee Murphy; the record has not yet searched for one.
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Jerri Green
No public statement on data centers is on the record for Jerri Green; the record has not yet searched for one.
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Karl Knox Smithson
No public statement on data centers is on the record for Karl Knox Smithson; the record has not yet searched for one.
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L. Webb Taylor
No public statement on data centers is on the record for L. Webb Taylor; the record has not yet searched for one.
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Lauren Pinkston
Lauren Pinkston called for statewide moratorium on new data center construction until legislature puts real siting standards in place covering water use, distance from schools, and mandatory community input (as reported, October 2, 2026)
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Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn said local communities should decide if and where data centers are placed and that the Ratepayer Protection Pledge was important for protecting consumers. (as reported, September 25, 2026)
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Misam Abidi
No public statement on data centers is on the record for Misam Abidi; the record has not yet searched for one.
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Ray Brown
No public statement on data centers is on the record for Ray Brown; the record has not yet searched for one.
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Robert C. Vick
Robert Vick stated data centers should be local decisions with less state government interference (as reported, October 2, 2026)
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Victor L. Scoggin
No public statement on data centers is on the record for Victor L. Scoggin; the record has not yet searched for one.
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Wendell Jackson
No public statement on data centers is on the record for Wendell Jackson; the record has not yet searched for one.
Who is on the ballot comes from the state's own candidate list; the FEC's candidate file supplies the federal candidates' ids. How the record reads candidates.
