State Representative, 66th District · Tennessee 2026 General Election

Tamara Bavendam

Democratic

Physician · Springfield

The gist

Supports career and technical education in every high school.
Supports more mental health support in schools.
Supports ending taxes on food, hygiene products and school supplies.
Supports requiring private insurers to cover the entire risk pool.
Supports expanding family and medical leave.
Supports state emergency protections for small farms.

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Supports career and technical education in every high school.
Issues — Tamara Bavendam For TN State House
Campaign website · Citizens For Tamara · bavendam4robco.com
“CTE (Career and Technical Education) in all high schools”
Supports more mental health support in schools.
Issues — Tamara Bavendam For TN State House
Campaign website · Citizens For Tamara · bavendam4robco.com
“More mental health support in schools”
Supports ending taxes on food, hygiene products and school supplies.
Issues — Tamara Bavendam For TN State House
Campaign website · Citizens For Tamara · bavendam4robco.com
“End tax on necessities (food, hygiene, and school supplies)”
Supports requiring private insurers to cover the entire risk pool.
Issues — Tamara Bavendam For TN State House
Campaign website · Citizens For Tamara · bavendam4robco.com
“Private insurers mandated to cover the entire risk pool”
Supports expanding family and medical leave.
Issues — Tamara Bavendam For TN State House
Campaign website · Citizens For Tamara · bavendam4robco.com
“Expand family and medical leave”
Supports state emergency protections for small farms.
Issues — Tamara Bavendam For TN State House
Campaign website · Citizens For Tamara · bavendam4robco.com
“State-level emergency protections for small farms”

Sabi "Doc" Kumar

RepublicanIncumbent

Retired surgeon · Springfield

The gist

Supports medical cannabis for patients it helps, based on science.
Supports parental school choice.
Supports low taxes and balanced budgets.
Sponsored Savanna's Law creating a domestic violence offender registry.In office
Sponsored law creating provisional licenses for internationally trained physicians.In office
Sponsored law adding student advisory members to school boards.In office

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

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Supports medical cannabis for patients it helps, based on science.
Issues — Sabi 'Doc' Kumar, Tennessee State Representative, District 66
Campaign website · Committee to Re-Elect Sabi Doc Kumar · sabikumar.com
“Dr Kumar believes that if Medical Marijuana, also called Medical Cannabis, helps a patient, they should have it! … the evidence that it helps them, should be based on science and not social media”
Supports parental school choice.
Issues — Sabi 'Doc' Kumar, Tennessee State Representative, District 66
Campaign website · Committee to Re-Elect Sabi Doc Kumar · sabikumar.com
“Dr. Kumar supports Parental School Choice.”
Supports low taxes and balanced budgets.
Issues — Sabi 'Doc' Kumar, Tennessee State Representative, District 66
Campaign website · Committee to Re-Elect Sabi Doc Kumar · sabikumar.com
“He insists on Low Taxes and Balanced Budgets.”
Sponsored Savanna's Law creating a domestic violence offender registry.
Representative Sabi 'Doc' Kumar: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“creates a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders”
Sponsored law creating provisional licenses for internationally trained physicians.
Representative Sabi 'Doc' Kumar: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“requires the board of medical examiners to issue a provisional foreign training license of two years”
Sponsored law adding student advisory members to school boards.
Representative Sabi 'Doc' Kumar: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly
Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov
“authorize a high school student to serve as an advisory, nonvoting representative on the board”