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Elliott Schuchardt

born 1966-09-26 (Age 59)
Elliott Schuchardt
Candidate for TN State House District 18 (Republican Primary) Knox, TN 2026-08-06

Elliott J. Schuchardt is a Republican candidate running for Tennessee House of Representatives District 18 in the August 6, 2026 primary election [1]. The district covers western and southern Knox County [5]. He is competing against incumbent Elaine Davis and Brent Jones in the Republican primary [1].

Schuchardt was born on September 26, 1966 [4]. He graduated from Cornell University in 1989 and Columbia Law School in 1993, with additional study at Oxford University [4], [6]. He practiced law for nearly three decades, founding the Schuchardt Law Firm in Knoxville in 1994, specializing in civil litigation, bankruptcy, divorce, custody, and corporate law [6], [9], [15].

Schuchardt is known for filing a lawsuit against the federal government alleging unlawful collection of the national email database under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an initial dismissal in 2016, but the case was ultimately dismissed in 2020 for failure to rebut government evidence [4], [12]. In 2015, he filed and argued a case that obtained an injunction preventing Sweet Briar College in Virginia from closing [4], [6].

Schuchardt is the author of "America's Achilles Heel: How to Protect Your Family When America Loses the Reserve Currency," which argues that the U.S. dollar is artificially overvalued and vulnerable to a decline if commodities markets shift away from it [4], [5].

In Tennessee, Schuchardt claims he was suspended from practicing law after filing a complaint against a judge for self-dealing, alleging retaliation by the state ethics board [5], [10]. He states that the Tennessee Supreme Court refused to grant him a hearing on his license, which he describes as a denial of due process [5], [10].

His campaign themes include lowering the cost of living through reasonable development and housing construction, improving roads including I-40, and securing state supply lines for oil and hard currency [5]. He advocates for an elected Attorney General in Tennessee, arguing the current appointed system benefits insiders [5], [10]. He also calls for reform of judicial ethics enforcement and defamation laws, asserting existing defamation statutes are unconstitutional because they allow judges to decide cases based on affidavits without a hearing [4], [10].

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