State

State Representative, 62nd 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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Brieanna L Akers

Democratic

Independent Medicare insurance agent · Bell Buckle

The gist

Proposes a Tennessee Fair Wage Plan with two-year reviews.
Supports taxing large corporations to end the grocery tax.
Supports ending vouchers and raising teacher pay.
Supports the Pot for Potholes cannabis-for-roads plan.
Opposes new data centers until their impacts are understood.
Supports keeping big companies from buying up housing.

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Proposes a Tennessee Fair Wage Plan with two-year reviews.
Brieanna Akers TN House District 62
Campaign website · Brieanna Akers campaign · briefortennessee.com
“I want to propose “Tennessee Fair wage Plan” with a two-year review system.”
Supports taxing large corporations to end the grocery tax.
VOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 62
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“tax our big corporations to help get funding to eliminate the grocery tax”
Supports ending vouchers and raising teacher pay.
VOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 62
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“get rid of the vouchers … give teachers more pay”
Supports the Pot for Potholes cannabis-for-roads plan.
VOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 62
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“pot for potholes”
Opposes new data centers until their impacts are understood.
VOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 62
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“we need to push back on having data centers until we fully understand the environmental and economical impacts”
Supports keeping big companies from buying up housing.
VOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 62
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“keep big companies from buying up housing market so housing remains affordable”

Pat Marsh

RepublicanIncumbent

Retired trucking executive · Shelbyville

The gist

Sponsored law allowing merit pay for high-performing teachers.In office
Sponsored law designating Buffalo and Duck river segments pastoral rivers.In office
Sponsored law allowing campaign funds for officeholders' home security.In office
Sponsored law revising the offense of fraudulent freight theft.In office

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

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Sponsored law allowing merit pay for high-performing teachers.
Representative Pat Marsh: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“authorizes an LEA to adopt and implement a merit-based pay structure for educators”
Sponsored law designating Buffalo and Duck river segments pastoral rivers.
Representative Pat Marsh: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“designates segments of the Buffalo River, Duck River, and certain other rivers and creeks as Class II pastoral river areas”
Sponsored law allowing campaign funds for officeholders' home security.
Representative Pat Marsh: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“expenditures of campaign funds to enhance security for an officeholder's personal residence are not deemed for personal use”
Sponsored law revising the offense of fraudulent freight theft.
Representative Pat Marsh: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“makes various changes to the law relative to fraudulent freight theft”

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