Jerri Green
Democratic · TN · Memphis City Council member, District 2
Jerri Green is an attorney who has served on the Memphis City Council since 2023 and has led the Shelby County public defender's office since January 2026. She says her priorities are fully funding public schools, expanding health care, and helping working families.
Where Jerri Green stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (2 records), Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record), Labor Rights (1 record),
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Co-sponsored a Memphis ordinance to pause new data center permits for up to 12 months while the city writes rules for them. A council committee sent it to the full council on Aug. 18, 2026.
August 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: memphisflyer.com
As a Shelby County policy adviser, Jerri Green led projects that vaccinated more than 70% of the local jail population during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 16, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: capitol.tn.gov
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
Green helped finalize the extension of a living wage to the last group of Shelby County employees who had not yet received it.
March 16, 2023Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: capitol.tn.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support
Green helped finalize the extension of a living wage to the last group of Shelby County employees who had not yet received it.
March 16, 2023Supports Labor Rights
Source: capitol.tn.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Green helped establish Shelby County's free gun-lock-by-mail program; by August 2023 the program had distributed more than 1,000 locks and Green was working with lawmakers to make similar resources available statewide.
August 23, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: actionnews5.com
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 2 support
Green campaigned for three Memphis gun-safety ballot measures covering permitless handgun carry, assault-style weapons, and extreme-risk orders; voters approved the measures by wide margins.
November 5, 2024Supports Gun Control
Source: tennesseelookout.com
Green helped establish Shelby County's free gun-lock-by-mail program; by August 2023 the program had distributed more than 1,000 locks and Green was working with lawmakers to make similar resources available statewide.
August 23, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: actionnews5.com
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Received the endorsement of TIRRC Votes, the political arm of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, for Tennessee governor.
August 11, 2026
Source: tirrcvotes.org