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Carnita Atwater

Democratic · TN

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Carnita Atwater is a Memphis community-development leader, public-health professional, and Democratic candidate for governor of Tennessee. She directs the New Chicago Community Partnership Revitalization CDC and has operated a neighborhood museum and community center.

Where Carnita Atwater stands, based on their records

Supports

Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record), Public Education Quality (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support

  • By February 2017, Carnita Atwater had converted a building she purchased in Memphis's New Chicago neighborhood into a free-meal community center and Black-history museum built from a collection accumulated over three decades.

    February 16, 2017Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: memphisflyer.com · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 1 support

  • Atwater organized with New Chicago residents against their neighborhood's exclusion from the Memphis 3.0 land-use plan; after the group pressed its case, the City Council delayed its initial vote pending a community meeting.

    March 19, 2019Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: tri-statedefender.com · researched July 13, 2026

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 1 support

  • By February 2017, Carnita Atwater had converted a building she purchased in Memphis's New Chicago neighborhood into a free-meal community center and Black-history museum built from a collection accumulated over three decades.

    February 16, 2017Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: memphisflyer.com · researched July 13, 2026

Past race Carnita Atwater ran in:

Profile last researched July 13, 2026.