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Tennessee Gubernatorial Debate Tuesday Features 3 of 4 Major Candidates at MTSU
The forum will feature three candidates and stream live as voters prepare to choose Tennessee’s next governor for the first time in eight years.
- On Tuesday, three candidates for Tennessee governor appeared at a forum hosted by the Tennessee Press Association and Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro; Republican nominee Marsha Blackburn declined to participate.
- Democratic nominee Jerri Green criticized Blackburn's absence, noting she is the only participant who won a primary, while the forum offered voters a rare opportunity before the November 3 election.
- Green attacked private school vouchers as a "scam" funded by out-of-state interests, while independents David Hatley and Lauren Pinkston noted rural counties lack private schools to utilize the roughly $7,300 per-student funding.
- All three candidates unanimously opposed new toll lane projects, with Green proposing a data center construction moratorium and Pinkston supporting public transit investments to reduce road congestion.
- Voters will decide the next governor on November 3, and the forum showcased distinct policy platforms of the three challengers attempting to shape the final week of the campaign.
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Candidates participate in gubernatorial discussion ahead of election
Three of the candidates seeking to be Tennessee’s next governor met for a forum at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro just one week before election day, offering perspectives and potential policies on public education, data centers and affordability.
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