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State Representative, 69th District

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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.

Rachael Murray

Democratic

Hohenwald

The gist

  • Supports rolling back the state grocery tax
  • Supports working people and union bargaining
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  1. Supports rolling back the state grocery tax

    Rachael Murray for TN State House District 69 (campaign Facebook page)

    Candidate social media · Facebook · facebook.com

    “Let’s roll back the state grocery tax and give people a little relief.”
  2. Supports working people and union bargaining

    Rachael Murray for TN State House District 69 (campaign Facebook page)

    Candidate social media · Facebook · facebook.com

    “I’m proud to stand up for working people and be a member of a bargaining unit myself!”
Photo of Jody Barrett
Jody BarrettOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

Jody Barrett

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; attorney · Dickson

The gist

  • Opposes excessive property tax increases and wasteful spending
  • Supports more vocational programs and magnet schools
  • Supports protecting farmland from development and foreign investment
  • Supports more state help for county veterans service officers
  • Sponsored law creating the offense of grooming a minorIn office
  • Sponsored bill to repeal convenience votingIn office

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

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  1. Opposes excessive property tax increases and wasteful spending

    Issues — Jody Barrett for State Representative

    Campaign website · Jody Barrett for State Representative · jodybarrett.com

    “I support policies that drive down the cost of living, including fighting against excessive property tax increases, wasteful government spending”
  2. Supports more vocational programs and magnet schools

    Issues — Jody Barrett for State Representative

    Campaign website · Jody Barrett for State Representative · jodybarrett.com

    “I support the expansion of vocational and technical education programs, increasing the number of magnet schools in our state”
  3. Supports protecting farmland from development and foreign investment

    Issues — Jody Barrett for State Representative

    Campaign website · Jody Barrett for State Representative · jodybarrett.com

    “policies that protect Tennessee farmland from development and foreign investment”
  4. Supports more state help for county veterans service officers

    Issues — Jody Barrett for State Representative

    Campaign website · Jody Barrett for State Representative · jodybarrett.com

    “Tennessee must do more to support our county Veterans Service Officers”
  5. Sponsored law creating the offense of grooming a minor

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Jody Barrett, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB2317 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “a person commits the offense of grooming of a minor when the person engages in a course of grooming conduct directed at a minor”
  6. Sponsored bill to repeal convenience voting

    Legislation sponsored by Representative Jody Barrett, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: HB2304 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “repeals convenience voting; provides requirements for satellite voting locations during early voting”

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