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State Senator, 1st District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on Tennessee laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.

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J. Adam LoweOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

J. Adam Lowe

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; college professor · Calhoun

The gist

  • Sponsored law letting the attorney general review local actions.In office
  • Sponsored law allowing merit-based pay for teachers.In office
  • Sponsored law allowing lawsuits over gender-transition medical procedures.In office

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

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  1. Sponsored law letting the attorney general review local actions.

    Legislation sponsored by Senator Adam Lowe, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB0845 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “the attorney general and reporter may review whether a local government action violates state law or the Constitution of Tennessee”
  2. Sponsored law allowing merit-based pay for teachers.

    Legislation sponsored by Senator Adam Lowe, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB0729 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “authorizes an LEA to adopt and implement a merit-based pay structure for educators to award additional compensation to high-performing educators”
  3. Sponsored law allowing lawsuits over gender-transition medical procedures.

    Legislation sponsored by Senator Adam Lowe, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB2031 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “if the procedure was for enabling the person to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the person's sex”

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