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State Representative, 71st 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.
Taxes & budget
Matt DayDemocratic
- Pledges to fight to eliminate the grocery tax
Kip CapleyRepublican
- Supports lowering taxes to ease inflation on families
Public safety
Matt DayDemocratic
No documented position found.
Kip CapleyRepublican
- Sponsored law making assaulting first responders a felonyIn office
- Sponsored law lowering the deadly-force standard to protect propertyIn office
Education
Matt DayDemocratic
- Supports fully funding TISA and raising teacher pay
- Opposes programs that drain public school resources
Kip CapleyRepublican
No documented position found.
Roads & infrastructure
Matt DayDemocratic
- Supports requiring new growth to pay for itself
Kip CapleyRepublican
No documented position found.
Environment & parks
Matt DayDemocratic
- Supports oversight of data centers' Duck River water use
Kip CapleyRepublican
No documented position found.
Health & human services
Matt DayDemocratic
- Supports expanding rural health care access
Kip CapleyRepublican
- Pledges to work to reduce health care costs
- Pledges to defend the life of the unborn
- Sponsored study of local ambulance service costsIn office
Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 6 issues covered in this race.