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State Representative, 35th District

Phil Barnes

Candidate for State Representative, 35th District

Democratic

Background

Occupation
Finish carpenter; theater set designer
Lives in
Hendersonville
Campaign website
trekforward.org

Air Force veteran and former Lockheed Missiles & Space employee who moved to Sumner County in 2002 and led a Nashville event company's scene shop for 18 years; now a finish carpenter working on the BNA airport remodel.

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Documented positions

Public safety

  • Supports gun licensing, annual training and liability insurance.

    Issues — Phil Barnes, Trek Forward

    Campaign website · Trek Forward · trekforward.org

    “If you own a gun, you should have to license it … Gun owners should be required to carry liability insurance”
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  • Opposes selling military-style weapons to the general public.

    Issues — Phil Barnes, Trek Forward

    Campaign website · Trek Forward · trekforward.org

    “Military-style weapons designed to cause maximum casualties in wartime should not be sold to the general public.”
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Education

  • Pledges to work to end school vouchers.

    Failing that, would bar families already paying private tuition from the program and shift its funding to the state lottery.

    Issues — Phil Barnes, Trek Forward

    Campaign website · Trek Forward · trekforward.org

    “I will work to end school vouchers.”
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Health & human services

  • Supports overhauling public benefits to remove the benefits cliff.

    Issues — Phil Barnes, Trek Forward

    Campaign website · Trek Forward · trekforward.org

    “The system is in desperate need of an overhaul, but we shouldn't start by punishing those who use it.”
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Government & transparency

  • Proposes accepting the voter registration card as voter ID.

    Issues — Phil Barnes, Trek Forward

    Campaign website · Trek Forward · trekforward.org

    “I will work to strengthen this process so that the Voter Registration Card is the ID you need to show”
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