State

State Representative, 41st District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Tennessee laws and the state budget in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

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R. Jason Goodman

Democratic

Retired TVA electrical engineer and manager · Wartburg

The gist

Supports repealing school vouchers.
Supports expanding Medicaid and health coverage.
Supports ending the grocery tax by closing corporate loopholes.
Supports amending the constitution for citizen-led ballot initiatives.
Supports reproductive freedom with reasonable abortion limits and exceptions.

More about R.

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Supports repealing school vouchers.
Jason Goodman - TN House District 41: "Five major differences between me and my opponent Ed Butler" (Facebook post)
Candidate social media · Jason Goodman - TN House District 41 (Facebook) · facebook.com
“I support repealing school vouchers”
Supports expanding Medicaid and health coverage.
Jason Goodman - TN House District 41: "Five major differences between me and my opponent Ed Butler" (Facebook post)
Candidate social media · Jason Goodman - TN House District 41 (Facebook) · facebook.com
“I support expanding Medicaid and providing health insurance for as many Tennesseans as possible”
Supports ending the grocery tax by closing corporate loopholes.
Jason Goodman - TN House District 41: "Five major differences between me and my opponent Ed Butler" (Facebook post)
Candidate social media · Jason Goodman - TN House District 41 (Facebook) · facebook.com
“Eliminating the state Grocery Tax paid for by eliminating tax loopholes that large corporations take advantage of in TN”
Supports amending the constitution for citizen-led ballot initiatives.
Jason Goodman - TN House District 41: "Five major differences between me and my opponent Ed Butler" (Facebook post)
Candidate social media · Jason Goodman - TN House District 41 (Facebook) · facebook.com
“I support amending the state constitution to allow citizen led ballot initiatives”
Supports reproductive freedom with reasonable abortion limits and exceptions.
Jason Goodman - TN House District 41: "Five major differences between me and my opponent Ed Butler" (Facebook post)
Candidate social media · Jason Goodman - TN House District 41 (Facebook) · facebook.com
“Women’s Reproductive Freedom (reasonable abortion limits and exceptions)”

Ed Butler

RepublicanIncumbent

Fire sprinkler contractor · Cookeville

The gist

Supports making adoption more available and streamlined.
Supports reviewing and revising school instructional materials.
Supports protecting veterans' rights, including health care.
Sponsored law extending safe-haven infant surrender to 45 days.In office
Sponsored law making data centers pay for grid hookups.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

More about Ed

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Supports making adoption more available and streamlined.
About Ed Butler: Tennessee House Representative District 41
Campaign website · Ed Butler campaign · edbutler.org
“We need to work in Tennessee to make adoption more readily available and streamline the process”
Supports reviewing and revising school instructional materials.
About Ed Butler: Tennessee House Representative District 41
Campaign website · Ed Butler campaign · edbutler.org
“We must carefully and diligently review and revise our current education materials and the sources providing them.”
Supports protecting veterans' rights, including health care.
About Ed Butler: Tennessee House Representative District 41
Campaign website · Ed Butler campaign · edbutler.org
“fight to protect their rights, including healthcare”
Sponsored law extending safe-haven infant surrender to 45 days.
Representative Ed Butler: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“increases the age of an infant from 14 days or younger to 45 days or younger”
Sponsored law making data centers pay for grid hookups.
Representative Ed Butler: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“generally prohibits a municipality or electric utility to pay or absorb the cost of electrical infrastructure incurred to serve a data center”

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