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Contest for Tennessee Governor

State Tennessee
primary - Partisan - Governor

About this office

The governor is the chief executive of state government — proposing the state budget, administering the executive departments, appointing officials and judges to fill vacancies, signing or vetoing legislation, and commanding the state's emergency response.

Term length: 4 years.

This role calls for

  • Executive leadership of state government: proposing the budget, administering departments, and appointing officials.
  • Ability to work with the General Assembly to enact and fund policy.
  • Intergovernmental capacity with the federal government, local governments, and other states.
  • Crisis and emergency management for the whole state.
  • Public communication and administrative management at large scale.

Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.

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