Shaundelle Brooks
Candidate for State Representative, 60th District
Background
- Occupation
- State representative; community advocate
- Lives in
- Hermitage
- Campaign website
- brooksforstatehouse.com
Community advocate who entered politics after her son Akilah was killed in the 2018 Waffle House shooting; elected to the House in 2024, she is the House Democratic Assistant Floor Leader.
Documented positions
Taxes & budget
Sponsored bill lifting the grocery sales tax one day monthly.In office
House Bill 1722 (114th General Assembly), introduced; exempts food from sales tax on the fifth day of each month.
ReportRepresentative Shaundelle Brooks: bills sponsored in the 114th General AssemblyGovernment record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“exempts the retail sale of food and food ingredients from the sales and use tax when sold on the fifth day of any month”
Sponsored bill limiting local property tax rates.In office
House Bill 2325 (114th General Assembly), introduced.
ReportRepresentative Shaundelle Brooks: bills sponsored in the 114th General AssemblyGovernment record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“establishes limitations on the property tax rates set by a county or municipality”
Public safety
Sponsored Akilah's Law on gun transfers to recent psychiatric patients.In office
House Bill 947 (114th General Assembly), introduced; taken off notice in the Judiciary Committee in April 2026.
ReportRepresentative Shaundelle Brooks: bills sponsored in the 114th General AssemblyGovernment record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“transferring a firearm to a person knowing the person has been a patient in a mental institution at any time within the previous five years”
Sponsored bill requiring firearms be stored locked.In office
House Bill 949 (114th General Assembly), introduced.
ReportRepresentative Shaundelle Brooks: bills sponsored in the 114th General AssemblyGovernment record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“creates a criminal offense of storing or keeping a firearm in any place if the firearm is not secured in a locked container”
Education
Opposes private school vouchers.
ReportVOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 60Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I oppose private school voucher programs because they take taxpayer dollars away from the public schools”
Environment & parks
Opposes large data centers in residential neighborhoods.
ReportVOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 60Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I oppose placing large-scale data centers in residential neighborhoods”
All sources (9)
- November 3, 2026 State and Federal General Election Candidate Lists (Davidson County offices and districts)
Election filing · Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections · sos.tn.gov
- Sample Ballot, November 3, 2026 State and Federal General Election, Belle Meade, Forest Hills, Goodlettsville Municipal Elections
Election filing · Davidson County Election Commission · nashville.gov
- November 3, 2026 State and Federal General Election Candidate Lists
Election filing · Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections · sos.tn.gov
- Election 2026 is almost here. Here's everything you need to know about TN House, Senate candidates
News coverage · WSMV 4 · Sep 28, 2026 · wsmv.com
- Tennessee House of Representatives leadership
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
- Representative Shaundelle Brooks: member page (114th General Assembly)
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
- About — Shaundelle Brooks for State House, District 60
Campaign website · Shaundelle Brooks for House District 60 · brooksforstatehouse.com
- VOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 60
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
- Representative Shaundelle Brooks: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
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