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State Senator, 25th 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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Ed JacksonOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

Ed Jackson

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; small business owner · Jackson

The gist

  • Sponsored the End Childhood Hunger Act.In office
  • Sponsored citizenship checks on local public benefits.In office
  • Sponsored a commission to review juvenile justice cases.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 the End Childhood Hunger Act.

    Legislation sponsored by Senator Ed Jackson, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB1239 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “enacts the "End Childhood Hunger Act."”
  2. Sponsored citizenship checks on local public benefits.

    Legislation sponsored by Senator Ed Jackson, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB1915 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “adds local governments to the entities that must verify that each applicant for public benefits is a United States citizen or lawfully present”
  3. Sponsored a commission to review juvenile justice cases.

    Legislation sponsored by Senator Ed Jackson, 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · Bills Sponsored: SB0444 · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “creates the Tennessee juvenile justice review commission to review an appropriate sampling of juvenile justice cases”

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