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State Senator, 13th District

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1
Term
4 years
Candidates
2
Election
Nov 3, 2026

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

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Angela Evans WynnDemocratic

    • Supports eliminating the state sales tax on groceries.

  • Dawn WhiteRepublican

    • Opposes any form of state income tax.

Education

  • Angela Evans WynnDemocratic

    • Opposes school vouchers; supports universal pre-K.

  • Dawn WhiteRepublican

    • Supports parental choice in education; opposed Common Core.

Environment & parks

  • Angela Evans WynnDemocratic

    • Supports impact studies and public input before data centers.

  • Dawn WhiteRepublican

    No documented position found.

Health & human services

  • Angela Evans WynnDemocratic

    • Supports expanding Medicaid to cover the coverage gap.
    • Supports expanding postpartum care and maternal health access.

  • Dawn WhiteRepublican

    • Supports cutting off public funding to abortion providers.

Government & transparency

Courts & justice

  • Angela Evans WynnDemocratic

    • Supports legalizing marijuana to cut incarceration.

  • Dawn WhiteRepublican

    • Supports making violent offenders serve full sentences.
    • Sponsored law allowing lifetime protection orders for out-of-state convictions.In 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.