Dan Pohlgeers
Republican · TN
Dan Pohlgeers is a Republican candidate for Tennessee Senate District 3, a health-care consultant and small-business owner, and chair of Frontier Health's board of directors. A licensed occupational therapist and certified hand therapist with an MBA, he previously served on Tennessee's Workers' Compensation Advisory Council and COPA Local Advisory Council and testified at a Federal Trade Commission workshop on health-care competition.
Campaign Finance Information — Tennessee Senate District 3
Campaign Finance Information · Tennessee Senate District 3 · August 6, 2026
Data last updated July 22, 2026
- Raised
- $54,260
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- RETIRED$15,660
- Self-employed$11,300
- Physcian$7,750
- Homemaker$4,050
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- BEST EFFORT$3,700
Direct contributions by size
- $1,000-$4,999$46,100
- $500-$999$5,000
- $250-$499$500
- $100-$249$2,535
- $1-$99$125
Source: Tennessee Registry of Election Finance · 2026 cycle · apps.tn.gov
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 1 record
Pohlgeers supports farmland preservation, livestock-loss compensation, water rights, and state-veterinarian authority for District 3 agriculture.
July 18, 2026For
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Reduce Wealth Gap
· 1 record
Pohlgeers supports farmland preservation, livestock-loss compensation, water rights, and state-veterinarian authority for District 3 agriculture.
July 18, 2026For
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Anti-Corruption
· 1 record
Pohlgeers supports stronger Ballad Health COPA oversight, repeal of Tennessee's certificate-of-need law, independent health-care competition, and patient choice.
July 18, 2026For
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Government Efficiency
· 5 records
Pohlgeers supports school choice accompanied by spending transparency and a focus on students needing alternatives.
July 18, 2026For
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers served on the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce's 2025 Legislative Affairs Council as a representative of Sunesis Medical Consulting.
January 1, 2025For
Source: johnsoncitytnchamber.com · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers's term on the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council expired in 2012, when the House speaker appointed a replacement.
July 31, 2012For
Source: capitol.tn.gov · researched July 18, 2026
House Speaker Kent Williams elevated Pohlgeers to one of three voting employer-member positions on the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council.
December 1, 2010For
Source: v2.sunesismedical.com · researched July 18, 2026
Governor Phil Bredesen appointed Pohlgeers as a non-voting health-care member of the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Advisory Council.
September 1, 2009For
Source: v2.sunesismedical.com · researched July 18, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 7 records
Pohlgeers supports stronger Ballad Health COPA oversight, repeal of Tennessee's certificate-of-need law, independent health-care competition, and patient choice.
July 18, 2026For
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers has served on the Frontier Health board of directors since 2016 and is its 2026 chair.
January 1, 2026For
Source: frontierhealth.org · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers testified at a Federal Trade Commission workshop about Ballad Health's COPA, regional health-care consolidation, certificate-of-need barriers, prices, and competition.
June 18, 2019For
Source: ftc.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers was appointed to Tennessee's COPA Local Advisory Council in September 2018, where he helped gather public input and relay it to state health and attorney-general officials.
September 1, 2018For
Source: ftc.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Governor Phil Bredesen appointed Pohlgeers as a non-voting health-care member of the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Advisory Council.
September 1, 2009For
Source: v2.sunesismedical.com · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers became involved in 2006 legislation intended to stop silent preferred-provider-organization practices in workers' compensation.
January 1, 2006For
Source: v2.sunesismedical.com · researched July 18, 2026
After 15 years of clinical and supervisory health-care experience, Pohlgeers became administrator of a freestanding orthopaedic hand-therapy and surgery practice in Johnson City.
January 1, 2006For
Source: v2.sunesismedical.com · researched July 18, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 1 record
Pohlgeers supports immigration enforcement through 287(g) partnerships, E-Verify, and state border-security funding.
July 18, 2026For
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 1 record
Pohlgeers has served on the Frontier Health board of directors since 2016 and is its 2026 chair.
January 1, 2026For
Source: frontierhealth.org · researched July 18, 2026
Public Education Quality
· 1 record
Pohlgeers supports school choice accompanied by spending transparency and a focus on students needing alternatives.
July 18, 2026For
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Women's Reproductive Rights
· 3 records
Pohlgeers co-founded Tennesseans for Life.
July 18, 2026Against
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers opposes abortion and supports enforcement concerning abortion pills sent into Tennessee.
July 18, 2026Against
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers and his wife coordinated the 2014 Yes on 1 campaign across six Upper East Tennessee counties after beginning as Washington County area coordinators.
November 4, 2014Against
Source: yahoo.com · researched July 18, 2026
Civil Rights
· 1 record
Pohlgeers supports immigration enforcement through 287(g) partnerships, E-Verify, and state border-security funding.
July 18, 2026Against
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 5 records
Pohlgeers supports stronger Ballad Health COPA oversight, repeal of Tennessee's certificate-of-need law, independent health-care competition, and patient choice.
July 18, 2026For
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers testified at a Federal Trade Commission workshop about Ballad Health's COPA, regional health-care consolidation, certificate-of-need barriers, prices, and competition.
June 18, 2019For
Source: ftc.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers was appointed to Tennessee's COPA Local Advisory Council in September 2018, where he helped gather public input and relay it to state health and attorney-general officials.
September 1, 2018For
Source: ftc.gov · researched July 18, 2026
House Speaker Kent Williams elevated Pohlgeers to one of three voting employer-member positions on the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council.
December 1, 2010For
Source: v2.sunesismedical.com · researched July 18, 2026
Pohlgeers became involved in 2006 legislation intended to stop silent preferred-provider-organization practices in workers' compensation.
January 1, 2006For
Source: v2.sunesismedical.com · researched July 18, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 1 record
Pohlgeers supports farmland preservation, livestock-loss compensation, water rights, and state-veterinarian authority for District 3 agriculture.
July 18, 2026For
Source: dan4tnsenate.com · researched July 18, 2026
General
· 2 records
Pohlgeers owns Sunesis Medical and has worked as a health-care consultant and small-business owner.
July 18, 2026
Source: v2.sunesismedical.com · researched July 18, 2026
Dan Pohlgeers earned a B.S. in Occupational Therapy from Eastern Kentucky University in 1990, became a Certified Hand Therapist in 2000, and earned an MBA from Milligan College in 2006.
May 31, 2006
Source: v2.sunesismedical.com · researched July 18, 2026
Elections
- Tennessee Senate District 3 · August 6, 2026 · State Senate District 3; Tennessee
Profile last researched July 18, 2026.