Tennesseans are struggling.
Our state is among the nation’s leaders in rural hospital closures - a problem likely to be made worse by the Marsha Blackburn-backed “Big, Beautiful Bill” and its cuts to Medicaid. And made even worse still by the expiration of Affordable Care Act tax credits - yet another bad, Blackburn-backed decision.
We have a high rate of medical bankruptcy.
We’re investing less in public schools than our neighbors.
And, as Democratic candidate for Governor Jerri Green notes, our state’s farmers are hurting under the Bill Lee/Donald Trump/Marsha Blackburn tariff and trade schemes.
Tennessee’s family farmers are getting hammered on every front — and it’s not by accident. Republican-backed tariffs, inflation, cutting SNAP benefits, and retaliatory trade policies have created death by a thousand cuts. This year alone, Tennessee farmers are projected to lose $360 million in row crops — including $110 million in soybeans. Altogether, our agriculture industry has lost over $430 million in 2025, and 40% of our 75,000 farms are now at high risk of bankruptcy.
While the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that President Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional, the damage has been done. And the President - and his supporters, like Marsha Blackburn - won’t stop trying out bad ideas.
Which means our state needs a Governor who will fight for all of us.
Green says that as Governor, she will fight for:
Fair trade policies that protect Tennessee’s crops and livestock from unfair foreign competition.
Targeted relief for small and midsized family farms — not corporate agribusiness.
State-level emergency protections for farmers hit hardest by drought and market swings.
Investment in rural infrastructure, including roads, broadband, and water systems, so farmers can grow, sell, and compete.
Green has bold ideas on other key issues facing Tennessee:
And, Green wants to redirect hundreds of millions of dollars currently earmarked for school vouchers back into our state’s public schools.
Instead, Green proposes shifting funds currently used for the state’s school voucher program to public schools.
That’s a total of some $300 million. The program is currently funded at $145 million, and Gov. Bill Lee is proposing an additional $155 million in his final budget.